verb
- third-person singular present tense of 'haunt'; to visit or inhabit as a ghost or spirit
- third-person singular present tense of 'haunt'; to recur persistently in the mind
noun
- plural of 'hant'; a ghost or spirit (dialectal or informal)
Usage: informal; dialectal
Examples
- The old mansion hants visitors with strange noises at night.
- That terrible memory hants her even now.
- Local folklore says the hants of miners still roam the abandoned mine.
- The ghost hants the castle corridors every full moon.
- Regret hants him for the rest of his life.
- Children claim they've seen hants in the graveyard.