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verb
- 1. breathe with short, quick breaths, typically from exertion or excitement: "he was panting when he reached the top" Similar
- 2. long for or to do something: "the opening song makes you pant for more" Similar
noun
- 1. a short, quick breath: "Robyn was breathing rather fast, in shallow pants"
- 2. a throb or heave of a person's heart or chest: literary "I felt the quick pant of my bosom"
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The meaning of PANT is to breathe quickly, spasmodically, or in a labored manner. How to use pant in a sentence.
PANT definition: 1. to breathe quickly and loudly through your mouth, usually because you have been doing something…. Learn more.
n. 1. A short labored breath; a gasp. 2. A throb; a pulsation. 3. A short loud puff, as of steam from an engine.
That loud, gasping breath itself is also a pant — but when this noun is plural, it means trousers, slacks, or jeans. Be careful, though — in parts of the UK, pants are primarily women's undergarments. Any pants you wear on you body come from pantaloons, which in the 1600s meant tights.
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.
PANT meaning: 1. to breathe quickly and loudly through your mouth, usually because you have been doing something…. Learn more.
pant meaning, definition, what is pant: to breathe quickly with short noisy brea...: Learn more.
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.
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If you pant, you breathe quickly and loudly with your mouth open, because you have been doing something energetic. She climbed rapidly until she was panting with the effort. Synonyms: puff , blow , breathe , gasp More Synonyms of pant
