as in to visit
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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as in hangout
a place for spending time or for socializing
one of their favorite after-school haunts is Joe's Pizza
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as in ghost
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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as in eerie
fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic
the haunting tones of the Highland bagpipes
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as in visiting
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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Recent Examples of haunt
Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
That glee in the face of pain may come back to haunt Trump.
—Maureen Dowd, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
Everybody's favorite haunt is The Purple Fiddle, a divey live-music institution with two shows a day on weekends that brings nationally touring acts to this little slice of Appalachia.
—Kristen Hinman, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
Melissa Noel, Essence, 6 Feb. 2025
Matt and Ryan have crafted a story that is haunting and deeply relevant.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The Broncos kicked a field goal on their opening possession to extend the lead to 11 points once again, but the special teams blunder — and the poor clock management that preceded it — kept haunting the Broncos.
—Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
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Verb
When the characters discuss those wounds, spikes and colored lines emerge from their faces, powerfully illustrating the demons that haunt them every day.
—Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
That glee in the face of pain may come back to haunt Trump.
—Maureen Dowd, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
In a quick turnaround, Netflix has set a new venue for its annual post-BAFTA Film Awards party on Sunday, after its usual haunt, the Chiltern Firehouse, was evacuated amid a blaze on Friday afternoon.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
Everybody's favorite haunt is The Purple Fiddle, a divey live-music institution with two shows a day on weekends that brings nationally touring acts to this little slice of Appalachia.
—Kristen Hinman, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
This series delves deep into some of the most haunting and underreported stories from the calendar.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 6 Feb. 2025
Matt and Ryan have crafted a story that is haunting and deeply relevant.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
Remnants of homes, skeletal vehicles, and barren fields that mark the area had become haunting testaments to war’s devastation.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The Broncos kicked a field goal on their opening possession to extend the lead to 11 points once again, but the special teams blunder — and the poor clock management that preceded it — kept haunting the Broncos.
—Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for haunt
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Bridges’ Slow Magic, due April 12 in record stores and April 11 online, is a deeply enjoyable collection that unearths the stoned camaraderie of some profoundly chill Wednesday-night hangouts.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2025
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Once an exclusive hangout for Poland’s artists, filmmakers, and journalists during the communist era, SPATiF was off-limits to the public for decades.—
Lanee Lee,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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So the unseen figure of the ghost becomes an expression of the filmmaker’s power over the frame, evoking the sadistic-voyeuristic nature of cinema in general and genre cinema in particular.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
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And with that, the Woodstone property gained yet another ghost, one who may have just launched the show into its season endgame.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, those of us on Earth will witness the same event as a total lunar eclipse, turning the moon a deep, eerie red.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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For 65 minutes, the moon will take on eerie shades of orange and red — a result of sunlight filtering through Earth’s atmosphere. 5.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Bibb shared with IndieWire that perhaps the trio’s friendship won’t survive the season — let alone if any of them will actually live after that cold-open preview of a resort shooting.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
3 Mar. 2025
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Residents of several neighborhoods in the Carolina Forest, about 10 miles west of the oceanside resort city Myrtle Beach, were ordered to evacuate after the fire broke out.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2025
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Zoe, as an apparition, is both the cause and relief to her pain.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
28 Feb. 2025
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In one of the film’s more startling moments, Shiri and Yarden Bibas and other residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz — many of whom, including Shiri Bibas and her two children, are now confirmed dead — flit across the screen like apparitions.—
Toby Axelrod,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2025
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New bill to strengthen protections for transgender care Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco, who authored a 2022 law to make California a safe refuge for transgender youth, introduced a new bill in February to strengthen those protections.—
CalMatters,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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The Wheeler Preserve is also a refuge for more than 10 federally endangered or threatened species, including the rare Whooping Crane, which has been returning each winter since 2004.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2025
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What none of them realize is the power of the sandman. Staples, who holds an MFA in fiction from the Institute of American Indian Arts, gives us a creepy and fast-paced story that details the workings of a well-run casino and the spirits of those who have been there in life.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
10 Mar. 2025
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Pompeii is closer in spirit for many of the shows that Bauer was known for at Tandem such as The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Then there’s a positively creepy Austin Butler as chilling bad guy Feyd-Rautha.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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In a creepy ad for the device online, Friend watches TV with its user and texts her its thoughts on the show.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Haunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haunt. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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