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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
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 .]
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.
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.
Pant, gasp suggest breathing with more effort than usual. Pant suggests rapid, convulsive breathing, as from violent exertion or excitement: to pant after running for the train.
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 .
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)
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.
The meaning of PANTS is an outer garment covering each leg separately and usually extending from the waist to the ankle —often used before another noun —sometimes used in the singular form pant especially before another noun and in clothing catalogs. How to use pants in a sentence.
