Pant

·vt To long for; to be eager after.

II. Pant ·noun A violent palpitation of the heart.

III. Pant ·vi Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.

IV. Pant ·noun A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.

V. Pant ·vt To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.

VI. Pant ·vi To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb;

— said of the heart.

VII. Pant ·vi To Sigh; to Flutter; to Languish.

VIII. Pant ·vi 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.