Thesaurus: pant

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1. v. i. 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.
2. v. i. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
3. v. i. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart.
4. v. i. To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
5. v. t. To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.
6. v. t. To long for; to be eager after.
7. n. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
8. n. A violent palpitation of the heart.
9. n. the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
10. n. (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
11. n. a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
12. v. breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted