Etymology : Middle English, modification of Middle French pantaisier, from Vulgar Latin phantasiare to have hallucinations, from Greek phantasioun, from phantasia appearance, imagination; more at FANCY
Pronunciation : 'pant
Function : verb
Date : 14th century
1. fast heavy breathing. breathe heavily; crave, long, yearn. pant\pant\, v. t.
2. to breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out. there is a cavern where my spirit was panted forth in anguish.
3. to long for; to be eager after. [r.] then shall our hearts pant thee. erbert.pant \pant\, n.
4. a quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
5. a violent palpitation of the heart.pant \pant\ , v. i. [imp. & p. p. panted; p. pr. & vb. n. panting.] [cf. f. panteler to gasp for breath, of. panteisier to be breathless, f. pantois out of breath; perh. akin to e. phantom, the verb prob. orig. meaning, to have the nightmare.].
6. to breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp. pluto plants for breath from out his cell.
7. hence: to long eagerly; to desire earnestly. as the hart panteth after the water brooks. xlii.
8. who pants for glory finds but short repose.
9. to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart.
10. to sigh; to flutter; to languish. [poetic] the whispering breeze pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees.pant n.
11. the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine).
12. a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she gave a gasp and fainted" [syn: gasp] v 1: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "the runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: puff, gasp, heave] 2: utter while panting, as if out of breath.
13. To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
14. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
15. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; said of the heart.
16. To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
17. To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.
18. To long for; to be eager after.
19. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
20. A violent palpitation of the heart. the noise made by a short puff of steam breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" utter while panting, as if out of breath.
21. If you pant, you breathe quickly and loudly with your mouth open, because you have been doing something energetic. She climbed rapidly until she was panting with the effort. see also:
pants.