/ hɔːnt; NAmE / verb , noun
■ verb [ vn ]
1.
if the ghost of a dead person haunts a place, people say that they have seen it there :
A headless rider haunts the country lanes.
2.
if sth unpleasant haunts you, it keeps coming to your mind so that you cannot forget it :
The memory of that day still haunts me.
For years she was haunted by guilt.
3.
to continue to cause problems for sb for a long time :
That decision came back to haunt him .
■ noun
a place that sb visits often or where they spend a lot of time :
The pub is a favourite haunt of artists.
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (in the sense frequent (a place) ): from Old French hanter , of Germanic origin; distantly related to home .