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pant
Pronunciation: (pant), [key] — v.i.
- to breathe hard and quickly, as after exertion.
- to gasp, as for air.
- to long with breathless or intense eagerness; yearn: to pant for revenge.
- to throb or heave violently or rapidly; palpitate.
- to emit steam or the like in loud puffs.
- (of the bow or stern of a ship) to work with the shock of contact with a succession of waves. Cf.(def. 30).
—v.t. - to breathe or utter gaspingly.
—n. - the act of panting.
- a short, quick, labored effort at breathing; gasp.
- a puff, as of an engine.
- a throb or heave, as of the breast.
pant
Pronunciation: (pant), [key] — adj.
- of or pertaining to pants: pant cuffs.
—n. - See
- pants (defs. 1, 2).
pant-
- var. ofbefore a vowel.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.