verb
- to haunt; to visit or inhabit as a ghost or spirit
Usage: dialectal; chiefly Southern U.S.
noun
- a ghost or spirit; a haunting presence
Usage: dialectal; chiefly Southern U.S.
Examples
- They say the old house is hanted by the spirit of its former owner.
- The hant appeared in the hallway at midnight.
- Local folklore tells of a hant that walks the cemetery after dark.
- She claimed a hant was moving things around in her attic.
- The children were afraid of the hant stories their grandmother told.