hant

noun

Definition of hantnext
dialect
as in ghost
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people they are so superstitious that they think they see hants everywhere

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  1. ghost
  2. apparition
  3. spirit
  4. phantom
Noun
  • Easier said than done since many of the ghosts that haunt Light Shop are jump-out-of-your-seat scary.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The ultimate effect is paradoxical: the more that Valéry eliminates the ghost of pain and passion from the logical machinery of his work, the starker and more affecting the moans and cries of the ghost become.
    Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of ghost
Noun
  • To have a follower recount a feat of superhuman strength, or even an apparition, is hard for a layperson to fathom but has the advantage of having happened in the past and out of the view of nonbelievers.
    Michelle Weber, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2024
  • But there can be more to a scary movie than just screaming apparitions or a gradually diminishing number of coeds with a bad sense of self-preservation.
    Keith Staskiewicz, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of apparition
Noun
  • In the spirit of holiday giving, the team invites their community to nominate and vote for upstanding charitable organizations that support mothers.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Prince William joined in the festive spirit by helping to distribute gifts to children from under the Christmas tree before enjoying a lively performance by a Fijian choir composed of soldiers from the Mercian Regiment.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of spirit
Noun
  • The 7-year-old phantom golden doodle is one of a handful of therapy dogs in regional police departments.
    Bebe Hodges, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
  • This phantom or pretend gain is subject to tax, usually at capital gains rates.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D., Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of phantom
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