Pant /(pȧnt)/

imp. & p. p. Panted; p. pr. & vb. n. Panting

1. 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.

   Pluto plants for breath from out his cell.

2. To long eagerly; to desire earnestly; -- often used with for or after.

   As the hart panteth after the water brooks.

   Who pants for glory finds but short repose.

3. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart.
4. To sigh; to flutter; to languish. [Poetic]

   The whispering breeze Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees.

1. To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.

   There is a cavern where my spirit Was panted forth in anguish.

2. To long for; to be eager after. [R.]

   Then shall our hearts pant thee.

1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
2. A violent palpitation of the heart.

1. A single leg of a pair of pants. See pants.

1. Of or pertaining to pants.