Pant definition
To utter hurriedly and breathlessly; gasp out.
verb
A throb, as of the heart.
noun
To give off steam, smoke, etc. in loud puffs, as an engine.
verb
Any of a series of rapid, heavy breaths, as from exertion; gasp.
noun
To breathe rapidly in short gasps, as after exertion.
verb
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To breathe rapidly and heavily; gasp, as from running fast.
verb
To feel strong desire; yearn eagerly.
verb
To beat loudly or heavily; throb or pulsate.
verb
A puff, as of an engine.
noun
The definition of a pant is taking a fast breath, a throb, or the puff from an engine.
An example of a pant is what a person is doing after running on a treadmill for an hour.
An example of a pant is the heavy beat of the heart.
An example of a pant is the steam released from a steam engine train.
noun
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To give off loud puffs, especially while moving.
verb
To long demonstratively; yearn.
Was panting for a chance to play.
verb
To utter hurriedly or breathlessly.
I panted my congratulations to the winner of the race.
verb
A short labored breath; a gasp.
noun
A throb; a pulsation.
noun
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A short loud puff, as of steam from an engine.
noun
Trousers.
noun
Underpants.
noun
To beat rapidly, as the heart; throb; pulsate.
verb
(used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to pants.
Pant leg.
noun
A public drinking fountain in Scotland and North-East England.
noun
Alternative form of panto-.
prefix
Pant is defined as to breath rapidly, to beat quickly, or to strongly want something.
An example of pant is what a person does after sprinting a distance.
An example of pant is what a person's heart does after running fast.
An example of pant is a child desperately wanting an ice cream cone.
verb
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(slang) with (one's) pants down
- In an embarrassing position.
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
with (one's) pants down
Origin of pant
- 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
- 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").
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- From pants
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