n.
Pronunciation: ' ho ̇ nt, ' hänt
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French hanter, probably from Old Norse heimta to lead home, pull, claim, from heimr home
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 a : to visit often : FREQUENT b : to continually seek the company of
2 a : to have a disquieting or harmful effect on : TROUBLE <problems we ignore now will come back to haunt us> b : to recur constantly and spontaneously to <the tune haunt ed her> c : to reappear continually in <a sense of tension that haunt s his writing>
3 : to visit or inhabit as a ghost
intransitive verb
1 : to stay around or persist : LINGER
2 : to appear habitually as a ghost
– haunt · er noun
– haunt · ing · ly \ ' ho ̇ n-ti ŋ -l ē , ' hän- \ adverb