pant

IPA: pˈænt

A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
(figurative) Eager longing.
(obsolete) A violent palpitation of the heart.
(fashion) A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).
(used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to pants.
(Scotland and northeast England) Any public drinking fountain.
A surname.
A river in Essex, England, which forms the upper part of the Blackwater.
A locality in Austwick parish, North Yorkshire, England
A locality in Ayrshire, Scotland
A village in Merthyr Tydfil county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO0609).
A village in Llanymynech and Pant parish, Shropshire, England, on the border with Wales (OS grid ref SJ2722).

(transitive, intransitive) 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.
(intransitive) To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
(transitive, obsolete) To long for (something); to be eager for (something).
(intransitive) Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
(intransitive) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
(intransitive) To heave, as the breast.
(intransitive) To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc.

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