pant

Meaning

Noun

1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
2. (figuratively) Eager longing.
3. (obsolete) A violent palpitation of the heart.

Verb

1. (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.
2. (intransitive) To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To long for (something); to be eager for (something).
4. (intransitive) Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
5. (intransitive) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
6. (intransitive) To heave, as the breast.
7. (intransitive) To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc.

Synonyms

gasp

breathe heavily

puff

wheeze

gasp for breath

breathe hard

heave

breathe

out of breath

trouser

sigh

breathe quickly

tire

blow

chug

huff

snort

be short of breath

breathe with difficulty

asthma

throb

asthmatic

heave a sigh of grief

race

inhale

yearn

become tired

be excited

be out of breath

chuff

short of breath

breathlessness

get tired

puff and blow

breathless

laboured breathing

be exhausted

be burdened

rest

sniffle

open the mouth

spit up

Translations

haleter

ansimare

keuchen

jadear

ansare

λαχανιάζω

hecheln

palpito

anelare

palpiter

palpitare

arquejar

japsen

schnaufen

panteler

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pænt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: panten

Cognate with French: panteler

In summary

From Middle English panten, whence also English dialectal pank.
Possibly from Old French pantoyer, a byform or of Old French pantoisier (“to be breathless”) (compare modern French panteler (“to gasp for breath”)), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *pantasiō (“struggling for breath when having a nightmare”), from Ancient Greek φαντασιόω (phantasióō, “I am subject to hallucinations”), from φαντασία (phantasía, “appearance, image, fantasy”).