pant

[pant]

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verb (used without object)

to breathe hard and quickly, as after exertion.

to gasp, as for air.

to long with breathless or intense eagerness; yearn: to pant for revenge.

to throb or heave violently or rapidly; palpitate.

to emit steam or the like in loud puffs.

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)

to breathe or utter gaspingly.

noun

the act of panting.

a short, quick, labored effort at breathing; gasp.

a puff, as of an engine.

a throb or heave, as of the breast.

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Origin of pant

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

SYNONYMS FOR pant

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.

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Related formspant·ing·ly, adverbun·pant·ing, adjective

pant

[pant]

adjective

of or relating to pants: pant cuffs.

noun

pant leg.

pants(defs 1, 2).

Origin of pant

First recorded in 1890–95; singular of pants

pant-

variant of panto- before a vowel.

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Examples from the Web for pant

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But to leaue these impertinent discourses, and returne againe to the springs whereby our Pant or Gwin is increased.
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Receiving no answer, he climbed over the canvas piles to the spot where Pant had been.
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Such a darkness as Pant had never before known hung over all.
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“Fairly rips up the ground, she does,” Pant said with a proud grin.
White Fire|Roy J. Snell
Something human seems to pant beneath the grey pall of time and to implore you to rescue it, to pity it, to stand by it somehow.
Italian Hours|Henry James

British Dictionary definitions for pant

pant

verb

to breathe with noisy deep gasps, as when out of breath from exertion or excitement

to say (something) while breathing thus

(intr often foll by for) to have a frantic desire (for); yearn

(intr) to pulsate; throb rapidly

noun

the act or an instance of panting

a short deep gasping noise; puff

Word Origin for pant

C15: from Old French pantaisier, from Greek phantasioun to have visions, from phantasia fantasy

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Word Origin and History for pant

pant

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.

pant

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

Medicine definitions for pant

pant

[pănt]

v.

To breathe rapidly and shallowly.

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noun

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