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(Entry 1 of 2)
to go to or spend time in often
- much of her time is spent haunting antique shops in search of unique knobs for the curio cabinets she builds
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nounSynonyms of haunt (Entry 2 of 2)
1
a place for spending time or for socializing
- one of their favorite after-school haunts is Joe's Pizza
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2 chiefly dialect
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
- we heard the local tales of a haunt in the choir loft and of a specter in the graveyard
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The first known use of haunt was in the 14th century
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