PANTING
panting, heaving
(noun) breathing heavily (as after exertion)
panting, trousering
(noun) any fabric used to make trousers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
panting
present participle of pant
Noun
panting (plural pantings)
The act of one who pants.
Anagrams
• P'ing-t'an, Pingtan
Proper noun
Panting
A surname.
Anagrams
• P'ing-t'an, Pingtan
Source: Wiktionary
PANT
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