Pant word meaning and definition

[noun] a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she gave a gasp and fainted"
[noun] the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
[verb] breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
[verb] utter while panting, as if out of breath

\Pant\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Panted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Panting}.] [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.

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