Meaning of haint | Babel Free

Definitions

A ghost; a supernatural being; Alternative form of haunt.

US, dialectal

Examples

“"Ain't you scared of haints?"”

“I got a tree on my back and a haint in my house, and nothing in between but the daughter I am holding in my arms.”

“It didn't take long for word to spread that there was a "haint" in the graveyard. A haint is what the old-timers called a ghost.”

“My dead grandpa's haint floated above my bed one night when I was a young'un and scared me so bad I busted the bedroom door down tryin' to get out that room so fast.”

CEFR level