pant

UK /pænt/ US /pænt/
noun 6name 6verb 5

Definitions

noun

1

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.

2

Eager longing.

Indeed, the projections, cravings, and everyday frolics common to trysts among buzz-activist Hollywood stars and starlets, plus their many common folk imitators, go forward with eager pant.

3

A violent palpitation of the heart.

To this great fairy I'll commend thy acts, / Make her thanks bless thee. O thou day o' the world, / Chain mine arm'd neck; leap thou, attire and all; / Through proof of harness to my heart, and there / Ride on the pants triumphing.

verb

1

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.

Pluto pants for breath from out his cell.

There is a cavern where my spirit / Was panted forth in anguish.

2

To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.

As the hart panteth after the water brooks.

3

To long for (something); to be eager for (something).

Then shall our hearts pant thee.

4

Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.

Yet might her piteous heart be seen to pant and quake

5

To sigh; to flutter; to languish.

[T]he whiſp'ring Breeze / Pants on the Leaves, and dies upon the Trees.

noun

1

A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).

2

Of or relating to pants.

pant leg

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