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- Dictionarypant/pant/
verb
- 1. breathe with short, quick breaths, typically from exertion or excitement: "he was panting when he reached the top" Similar
- 2. long for or to do something: "the opening song makes you pant for more" Similar
noun
- 1. a short, quick breath: "Robyn was breathing rather fast, in shallow pants"
- 2. a throb or heave of a person's heart or chest: literary "I felt the quick pant of my bosom"
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PANT definition: 1. to breathe quickly and loudly through your mouth, usually because you have been doing something…. Learn more.
How to use pant in a sentence. to breathe quickly, spasmodically, or in a labored manner; to run panting; to move with or make a throbbing or puffing sound… See the full definition
When you breathe hard and fast, you pant. It's perfectly normal to pant after you finish running a marathon — or even after chasing your runaway dog through the neighborhood. You might pause at the top of a hill to pant and catch your breath before you continue on your hike.
PANTS definition: 1. a piece of underwear covering the area between the waist and the tops of the legs 2. a piece of…. Learn more.
1. An outer garment that covers the body below the waist, usually to the ankles, and is divided into sections to fit each leg separately: She decided to wear pants instead of a skirt. He bought a new pair of pants. 2. Underpants. Idiom: with (one's) pants down Slang. In an embarrassing position. [Short for pantaloon .]
1. to breathe with noisy deep gasps, as when out of breath from exertion or excitement. 2. to say (something) while breathing thus. 3. (intransitive; often foll by for) to have a frantic desire (for); yearn. 4. (intransitive) to pulsate; throb rapidly. noun.
to breathe quickly and loudly through your mouth, usually because you have been doing something energetic: Blake was panting hard after running up the hill. (Definition of pant from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Pant definition: to breathe hard and quickly, as after exertion.. See examples of PANT used in a sentence.
Definition of pants noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Jun 2, 2024 · pant (plural pants) 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. ( figurative) Eager longing . ( obsolete) A violent palpitation of the heart .
