pant
Meaning
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- 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.
- Eager longing.
- (obsolete) A violent palpitation of the heart.
Synonyms
breathe heavily
gasp for breath
breathe hard
breathe quickly
be short of breath
breathe with difficulty
heave a sigh of grief
become tired
be excited
be out of breath
short of breath
get tired
puff and blow
laboured breathing
be exhausted
be burdened
open the mouth
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pænt/
Etymology
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”).
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