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.

Examples of "pant" in Sentences

He puffed and panted.
The pants have pleats.
She pants after she jogs.
To the north to Pant the canal is dry.
The shirt must be tucked into the pants.
We panted with curiosity and wild surmise.
During the summer, the girls share the pants.
A baggy pants is out of fashion in these days.
The colors of the shirt and pants are switched.
The enthusiasm echoed across the ice as skips yelled to hurry hard and the brushers panted to catch their breath.