haunt
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- enPR: hônt, IPA: /hɔːnt/
- (some accents) enPR: hänt, IPA: /hɑːnt/
- (some accents for noun definition #2) enPR: hănt, IPA: /hænt/
haunt (haunts, present participle haunting; past and past participle haunted)
- (transitive) To inhabit, or visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
- A couple of ghosts haunt the old, burnt-down house.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The Merry VViues of VVindsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene iv]:
- You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house.
- 1713, Jonathan Swift, Imitation of Horace, Book I. Ep. VII.
- those cares that haunt the court and town
- Foul spirits haunt my resting place.
- (transitive) To make uneasy, restless.
- The memory of his past failures haunted him.
- (transitive) To stalk, to follow
- The policeman haunted him, following him everywhere.
- (intransitive, now, rare) To live habitually; to stay, to remain.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John XI:
- Jesus therfore walked no more openly amonge the iewes: butt went his waye thence vnto a countre ny to a wildernes into a cite called effraym, and there haunted with his disciples.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.x:
- yonder in that wastefull wildernesse / Huge monsters haunt, and many dangers dwell […]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John XI:
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.
- Haunt thyself to pity.
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To practise; to devote oneself to.
- Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime.
- (intransitive) To persist in staying or visiting.
- c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene i]:
- I've charged thee not to haunt about my doors.
- (to make uneasy) nag
- (to live habitually) live, dwell; See also Thesaurus:reside
- French: hanter
- German: spuken (of ghosts), heimsuchen
- Portuguese: perseguir
- Russian: посеща́ть
- Spanish: frecuentar
- French: hanter
- Italian: tormentare
- Portuguese: assombrar
- Russian: пресле́довать
- French: demeurer
- Russian: обита́ть
haunt (plural haunts)
- A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.
- 1868, Louisa May Alcott, "Kitty's Class Day":
- Both Jack and Fletcher had graduated the year before, but still took an interest in their old haunts, and patronized the fellows who were not yet through.
- 1984, Timothy Loughran and Natalie Angier, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,955334,00.html Science: Striking It Rich in Wyoming]," Time, 8 Oct.:
- Wyoming has been a favorite haunt of paleontologists for the past century ever since westering pioneers reported that many vertebrate fossils were almost lying on the ground.
- 1868, Louisa May Alcott, "Kitty's Class Day":
- (dialect) A ghost.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, page 93:
- ‘Harnts don't wander much ginerally,’ he said. ‘They hand round thar own buryin'-groun' mainly.’
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, page 93:
- A feeding place for animals.
- French: point de rencontre
- German: Treffpunkt
- Italian: ritrovo
- Portuguese: poiso, poiso habitual, pouso, pouso habitual
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