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   pant

   /pant/

   verb

   • 1. breathe with short, quick breaths, typically from exertion or excitement: "he was panting when he reached the top" Similar breathe heavilybreathe hardbreathe quicklypuffhuff and puffpuff and blowgaspwheezeheaveblow
   • ▪ run or go in a specified direction while panting: "they panted up the stairs"
   • ▪ say something breathlessly: "‘We'll never have time,’ she panted"
   • 2. long for or to do something: "the opening song makes you pant for more" Similar yearn forlong forcravehanker after/forpine forache forhunger forthirst forbe hungry forbe greedy forbe thirsty foritch forsigh forbe dying forcry out forwish fordesirebe consumed with desire forwantcovetinformal:have a yen forarchaic:be athirst forsuspire for
   • ▪ (of the heart or chest) throb or heave from strong emotions: literary "his breast panted with alarms"

   noun

   • 1. a short, quick breath: "Robyn was breathing rather fast, in shallow pants"
   • 2. a throb or heave of a person's heart or chest: literary "I felt the quick pant of my bosom"

   Word Origin Middle English: related to Old French pantaisier ‘be agitated, gasp’, based on Greek phantasioun ‘cause to imagine’, from phantasia (see fantasy).

   Scrabble Points: 6

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