PANT

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

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Etymology 1

Noun

pant (plural pants)

A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.

(figurative) Eager longing.

(obsolete) A violent palpitation of the heart.

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• (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

Etymology 2

Noun

pant (plural pants)

(fashion) A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).

(used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to pants.

Etymology 3

Noun

pant (plural pants)

(Scotland and northeast England) Any public drinking fountain.

Anagrams

• APTN, NAPT, NPTA

Proper noun

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).

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pant is the 26282^nd 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.

Anagrams

• APTN, NAPT, NPTA

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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