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As a noun, pant means a quick breathing. As a verb, it means breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement.
Meanings of pant
18 meaningsnoun
A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
figurativeEager longing.
fashionA pair of pants (trousers or underpants).
Of or relating to pants.
Scotlandnortheast englandAny public drinking fountain.
The noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
“he had a sharp crease in his trousers”
Similar: trousers, pair of trousers
Older and rare meanings (1)
obsoleteA violent palpitation of the heart.
verb
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.
To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
To heave, as the breast.
To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc.
Utter while panting, as if out of breath
Older and rare meanings (1)
obsoleteTo long for (something); to be eager for (something).
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).