pant

Meaning

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

C2
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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