gasp, pant
(noun) a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; “she gave a gasp and fainted”
trousers, pair of trousers, pant
(noun) (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”
pant
(noun) the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
pant, puff, gasp, heave
(verb) breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; “The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily”
pant
(verb) utter while panting, as if out of breath
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pant (plural pants)
A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
(figurative) Eager longing.
(obsolete) A violent palpitation of the heart.
pant (third-person singular simple present pants, present participle panting, simple past and past participle panted)
(ambitransitive) 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.
(intransitive) To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
(transitive, obsolete) To long for (something); to be eager for (something).
(intransitive) Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
(intransitive) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
(intransitive) To heave, as the breast.
(intransitive) To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc.
• (breathe quickly or in a labored manner): gasp
• (long for): crave, desire, long for, pine for
• (long eagerly): crave, desire, long, pine
• (of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence): palpitate, pound, throb
pant (plural pants)
(fashion) A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).
(used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to pants.
pant (plural pants)
(Scotland and northeast England) Any public drinking fountain.
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Pant (countable and uncountable, plural Pants)
A surname.
A river in Essex, England, which forms the upper part of the Blackwater.
A village in the Merthyr Tydfil, Wales (OS grid ref SO0609).
A village in Shropshire, England, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SJ2722).
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pant is the 26282nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 929 individuals. Pant is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (63.83%) and White (30.03%) individuals.
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Source: Wiktionary
Pant, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Panted; p. pr. & vb. n. Panting.] Etym: [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. 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 plants for breath from out his cell. Dryden.
2. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly. As the hart panteth after the water brooks. Ps. xlii. 1. Who pants for glory finds but short repose. Pope.
3. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart. Spenser.
4. To sigh; to flutter; to languish. [Poetic] The whispering breeze Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees. Pope.
Pant, v. t.
1. To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out. There is a cavern where my spirit Was panted forth in anguish. Shelley.
2. To long for; to be eager after. [R.] Then shall our hearts pant thee. Herbert.
Pant, n.
1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp. Drayton.
2. A violent palpitation of the heart. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
