Pant Definition

pănt
panted, panting, pants
verb
panted, panting, pants
To breathe rapidly and heavily; gasp, as from running fast.
Webster's New World
To beat rapidly, as the heart; throb; pulsate.
Webster's New World
To utter hurriedly and breathlessly; gasp out.
Webster's New World
To give off steam, smoke, etc. in loud puffs, as an engine.
Webster's New World
To feel strong desire; yearn eagerly.
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noun
pants
Any of a series of rapid, heavy breaths, as from exertion; gasp.
Webster's New World
A throb, as of the heart.
Webster's New World
A puff, as of an engine.
Webster's New World
Trousers.
American Heritage
Underpants.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
prefix
Alternative form of panto-.
Wiktionary
idiom
with (one's) pants down
  • In an embarrassing position.
American Heritage

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Pant

  • with (one's) pants down

Origin of Pant

  • Possibly a shortening of Old French pantoisier (“to be breathless") (compare modern French panteler (“to gasp for breath")), probably from Vulgar Latin *pantasiō (“struggling for breath when having a nightmare"), from Ancient Greek φαντασιόω (phantasioō, “I am subject to hallucinations"), from φαντασία (phantasia, “appearance, image, fantasy").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English panten perhaps alteration of Old French pantaisier from Vulgar Latin pantasiāre from Greek phantasioun to form images from phantasiā appearance fantasy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Short for pantaloon

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From pants

    From Wiktionary

  • Unknown

    From Wiktionary

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