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Definitions for Pant

[1] to breathe hard and quickly, as after exertion.
[2] to gasp, as for air.
[3] to long with breathless or intense eagerness; yearn: to pant for revenge.
[4] to throb or heave violently or rapidly; palpitate.
[5] to emit steam or the like in loud puffs.
[6] Nautical . (of the bow or stern of a ship) to work with the shock of contact with a succession of waves. Compare work(def 24) .
[7] to breathe or utter gaspingly.
[8] the act of panting.
[9] a short, quick, labored effort at breathing; gasp.
[10] a puff, as of an engine.
[11] a throb or heave, as of the breast.
[12] of or relating to pants: pant cuffs.
[13] pant leg.
[14] pants(defs 1, 2) .
[15] variant of panto- before a vowel.
[16] to breathe with noisy deep gasps, as when out of breath from exertion or excitement
[17] to say (something) while breathing thus
[18] (intr often foll by for ) to have a frantic desire (for); yearn
[19] (intr) to pulsate; throb rapidly
[20] the act or an instance of panting
[21] a short deep gasping noise; puff

Words related to Pant

blow, breathe, palpitate, huff, throb, whiff, chuff, gulp, snort, puff, wheeze, heave, wind, desire, lust, hunger, sigh, covet, crave, pine

Words nearby Pant

pansophy, panspermia, pansy, pansystolic, pansystolic murmur, pant, pant leg, pant-, pantagraph, pantagruel, pantalets

Origin of Pant

2First recorded in 1890–95; singular of pants

Other words from Pant

pant·ing·ly , adverb
un·pant·ing , adjective

Word origin for Pant

C15: from Old French pantaisier, from Greek phantasioun to have visions, from phantasia fantasy

Synonyms for Pant

blow, breathe, chuff, gulp, heave, huff, palpitate, puff, snort, throb, wheeze, whiff, wind, be out of breath