(US, especially, southern US) , ghost.
Joe-Bob and Nelly swore up and down that the thing that pushed their pick-up into the ditch wasn't a big brown bear, but a spectral '''ha'nt''', most likely Joe-Bob's deceased ex-wife.
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(US, dialect) , ghost.
An American dialectal form of 'haunt' or 'haint,' meaning a ghost or spirit, used in rural Southern and Appalachian speech. The spelling reflects a regional pronunciation where the vowel is shifted and the 't' is retained. 'Harnt' carries the same folk-horror connotation as 'haint' — a spirit that lingers, usually associated with someone who died under troubling circumstances. It's the kind of word that appears in ghost stories, folk tales, and dialect literature of the American South.
(transitive) To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
(transitive) To make uneasy, restless.
(US, especially, southern US) , haint.
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