haint

A ghost; a haunt; a spirit.

She was terrified of the haint that kept showing itself to her at midnight.

by CtotheK September 16, 2006

haint

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

by Molehill man September 25, 2010

haint

Old English in origin, Haint is the middle evolution from the word "havent" which eventually became word we now know as "aint"

havent= haint=aint

"but you have got two bitter swords and I haint got a knife!"
from the song, The Ballad of Mattie Groves

by Candy Muffinbaker October 14, 2006

haint

An old southern therm for over-priced motorocycle.

I sold my house for a haint.

by Icesharc April 22, 2004

Haint

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.

by Big C August 15, 2003

hainted

A pronunciation of haunted used primarily in the rural south

The elevator in my highrise is hainted, and so scary that bums won't even go in there to pee.

by Oren November 17, 2004

Haint

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.

by Kaptain Amerika November 02, 2004