pant

pant
1. noun /pænt/
a) A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.

Pant leg

b) A violent palpitation of the heart.
2. verb /pænt/
a) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
b) To long for (something); to be eager for (something).

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  • Pant — Pant, v. t. 1. To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out. [1913 Webster] There is a cavern where my spirit Was panted forth in anguish. Shelley. [1913 Webster] 2. To long for; to be eager after. [R.] [1913 Webster] Then shall… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Pant — (p[.a]nt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Panted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Panting}.] [Cf. F. panteler to gasp for breath, OF. panteisier to be breathless, F. pantois out of breath; perh. akin to E. phantom, the verb prob. orig. meaning, to have the nightmare.] 1 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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