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verb

Pant v. t.

To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out. "There is a cavern where my spirit Was panted forth in anguish."

To long for; to be eager after. (R.) "Then shall our hearts pant thee."

Pant v. i. (past & past part. panted; pres. part. panting)

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."

Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly; often used with for or after. "As the hart panteth after the water brooks." "Who pants for glory finds but short repose."

To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; said of the heart.

To sigh; to flutter; to languish. (Poetic) "The whispering breeze Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees."

noun

panting n.

The act or process of breathing heavily, usually after exertion.

Synonyms: heaving.

Any fabric used to make trousers.

Synonyms: trousering.

adjective

panting adj. Breathing laboriously or convulsively.

Synonyms: gasping, out-of-breath(predicate), pursy, short-winded, winded.

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Etymology of 'Panting'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Panting" Quotes from Famous Books

... but failed, and crawled about on his hands and knees in the dust, still fighting for that first gasp of air which seemed tauntingly to stand between him and eternity. When it came, he rolled over on his back and lay there panting. ...

— Sunlight Patch • Credo Fitch Harris

... thus he walked and thus cried aloud, till at length he sank panting and exhausted into a chair. Suddenly he raised his head, and appeared ...

— Beatrice • H. Rider Haggard

... upon the ground staring up at the moon; but there were no living creatures left, though the little sailor, with bared teeth and panting breath, stood there waiting for them. No; he had cleared the place, and only one other piece of retribution lay in his power. The embers of a great fire smouldered in the middle of the clearing, and with a shudder (as he remembered its purpose) he shovelled up great ...

— A Master of Fortune • Cutcliffe Hyne

... panting, but more resolute, for resentment at the attempt at force had come to back him up, and rouse the spirit of resistance. Not half an hour had elapsed before there was another ring at the door. The uncle and lawyer were come together now. It was to make a last offer to Fernando; ...

— The Pillars of the House, V1 • Charlotte M. Yonge

... introduced as "Mrs. Phillips, a very dear friend of mine, who is going to be helpful to us all," adding in a hurried aside to Madge, "I simply had to bring her. Will explain to you another time." An apology certainly seemed to be needed. The woman was absurdly out of her place. She stood there panting and slightly perspiring. She was short and fat, with dyed hair. As a girl she had possibly been pretty in a dimpled, giggling sort of way. Joan judged her, in spite of her complexion, to be ...

— All Roads Lead to Calvary • Jerome K. Jerome

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