Definition of "pant" in English

noun

1. 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.

2. (figurative) Eager longing.

3. (obsolete) A violent palpitation of the heart.

verb

1. (ambitransitive) 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.

2. (intransitive) To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To long for (something); to be eager for (something).

4. (intransitive) Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.

5. (intransitive) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.

6. (intransitive) To heave, as the breast.

7. (intransitive) To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc.

noun

1. (fashion) A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).

2. (attributive) Of or relating to pants.

   • pant leg

noun

1. (Scotland and northeast England) Any public drinking fountain.