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Southern colloquialism
def., ghost, apparition, lost soul
On his way back from Mobile my friend was killed on Bloody 98, and now he's just another restless haint.
Haint by Big C August 15, 2003
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A ghost; a haunt; a spirit.
She was terrified of the haint that kept showing itself to her at midnight.
haint by CtotheK September 16, 2006
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Chiefly Southern U.S. var of haunt, originally, but the meaning has since morephed to mean more than a ghost. It can also mean a scary bitch or mean person, usually a woman.
I tried to kill her with kindness, but that haint is just full up with meanness.
Haint by Kaptain Amerika November 2, 2004
In western North Carolina, a haint is a ghost, a spook, but not the booger man.
It's so dark outside you can't see a haint. - from my aunt Ethel Wallace nee Lawing, born North Carolina ca. 1895
haint by Molehill man September 25, 2010
In West Virginia it's a ghost
It's Halloween; watch out for the boogers, witches,and haints
Haint by elkento May 5, 2004
noun,

1. A hateful bitch.

2. A truly heinous she-devil so brutal that anachronistic and unusual colloquial slang is called for.
That haint never leaves a tip and still has a George W. Bush sticker on the back of her pink Hummer.
Haint by Memphis Jay March 4, 2008
a truly scary, evil witch
That mean, ugly hag is a real haint.
Haint by nice southern girl October 2, 2009
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