pant: Meaning and Definition of

pant

1. to breathe hard and quickly, as after exertion.
2. to gasp, as for air.
3. to long with breathless or intense eagerness; yearn: to pant for revenge.
4. to throb or heave violently or rapidly; palpitate.
5. to emit steam or the like in loud puffs.
6. (of the bow or stern of a ship) to work with the shock of contact with a succession of waves. Cf.(def. 30).

1. to breathe or utter gaspingly.

1. the act of panting.
2. a short, quick, labored effort at breathing; gasp.
3. a puff, as of an engine.
4. a throb or heave, as of the breast.

pant

1. of or pertaining to pants: pant cuffs.

1. See
2. pants (defs. 1, 2).

pant-

1. var. ofbefore a vowel.