Haunt

haunt (hônt, hnt)

noun
1. A place frequented by a particular group or style of people for social reasons.
Corner stores are a favorite haunt of young punks.
Clubs are a favorite haunt of bar stars.
I used to get sad whenever I passed by my old haunt in my hometown, then they tore it down.


Synonyms: gathering place, habitat, hangout, lair, meeting place, range, retreat, site, watering hole.

verb
1. Coming back from the dead as a ghost* and hanging around.**
Clara's ghost haunts all of those who loved her, until they find her real murderer.

Synonyms: annoy, appear, be ever present, come back, frighten, harass, harrow, hound, inhabit, madden, overrun, pester, plague, reappear, recur, return, spook, stay with, torment, trouble, vex, weigh on, worry.

2. Frequent or visit repeatedly and often for long periods of time.
All the hipsters and hippies haunt our cafe.

Synonyms: frequent, hang out, infest.

*Specifically as a ghost and not as a zombie. Zombies don't haunt; they walk around moaning and eating people's brains.

** Something can also haunt, like a ghost, such as the hollowness in the Decembrists' Los Angeles, I'm Yours.