pant1

[pant] /pænt/
verb (used without object)
1.
to breathe hard and quickly, as after exertion.
2.
to gasp, as for air.
3.
to long with breathless or intense eagerness; yearn:
to pant for revenge.
4.
to throb or heave violently or rapidly; palpitate.
5.
to emit steam or the like in loud puffs.
6.
Nautical. (of the bow or stern of a ship) to work with the shock of contact with a succession of waves.
Compare work (def 24).
verb (used with object)
7.
to breathe or utter gaspingly.
noun
8.
the act of panting.
9.
a short, quick, labored effort at breathing; gasp.
10.
a puff, as of an engine.
11.
a throb or heave, as of the breast.
Origin
1400-50; late Middle English panten < Middle French pant(a)is(i)er < Vulgar Latin *phantasiāre to have visions < Greek phantasioûn to have or form images. See fantasy
Related forms
pantingly, adverb
unpanting, adjective
Synonyms
1. puff, blow. Pant, gasp suggest breathing with more effort than usual. Pant suggests rapid, convulsive breathing, as from violent exertion or excitement: to pant after running for the train. Gasp suggests catching one's breath in a single quick intake, as from amazement, terror, and the like, or a series of such quick intakes of breath, as in painful breathing: to gasp with horror; to gasp for breath. 3. thirst, hunger.

pant2

[pant] /pænt/
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to pants:
pant cuffs.
noun
2.
pant leg.
3.
pants (defs 1, 2).
Origin
1890-95; singular of pants

pant-

1.
variant of panto- before a vowel.
Examples from the web for pant
  • Keeping the pant legs of long pants wet is also a good way to keep your legs cool.
  • The red pant had a good, long run as fashion's best-loved bottom, but it's about time a new color came into favor.
  • And the clansmen pant, and they sweat, and they jostle and strain.
  • All but the tightest jeans require rolling up the pant leg to avoid chain grease.
  • He rolled up his other pant leg, revealing his other prosthetic ankle.
  • Cats will also pant when they are frightened or scared.
  • Trucks clanked by, close enough to make his baggy pant legs flap in their wake.
  • Start at the bottom of the pant and roll evenly and tightly upward until you get to the top.
  • Dogs breathe this column of dead space air up and down when they pant.
British Dictionary definitions for pant

pant

/pænt/
verb
1.
to breathe with noisy deep gasps, as when out of breath from exertion or excitement
2.
to say (something) while breathing thus
3.
(intransitive) often foll by for. to have a frantic desire (for); yearn
4.
(intransitive) to pulsate; throb rapidly
noun
5.
the act or an instance of panting
6.
a short deep gasping noise; puff
Word Origin
C15: from Old French pantaisier, from Greek phantasioun to have visions, from phantasiafantasy
Word Origin and History for pant
v.

mid-15c., perhaps a shortening of Old French pantaisier "gasp, puff, pant, be out of breath, be in distress" (12c.), probably from Vulgar Latin *pantasiare "be oppressed with a nightmare, struggle for breathing during a nightmare," literally "to have visions," from Greek phantasioun "have or form images, subject to hallucinations," from phantasia "appearance, image, fantasy" (see phantasm). Related: Panted; panting.

n.

"a gasping breath," c.1500, from pant (v.).

pant in Medicine

pant (pānt)
v. pant·ed, pant·ing, pants
To breathe rapidly and shallowly.