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Dictionary: pant1   (pănt) pronunciation
 

v., pant·ed, pant·ing, pants.

v.intr.
  1. To breathe rapidly in short gasps, as after exertion.
  2. To beat loudly or heavily; throb or pulsate.
  3. To give off loud puffs, especially while moving.
  4. To long demonstratively; yearn: was panting for a chance to play.
v.tr.

To utter hurriedly or breathlessly: I panted my congratulations to the winner of the race.

n.
  1. A short labored breath; a gasp.
  2. A throb; a pulsation.
  3. A short loud puff, as of steam from an engine.

[Middle English panten, perhaps alteration of Old French pantaisier, from Vulgar Latin *pantasiāre, from Greek phantasioun, to form images, from phantasiā, appearance. See fantasy.]

pantingly pant'ing·ly adv.
pant2 (pănt) pronunciation
n.
  1. Trousers. Often used in the plural.
  2. Underpants. Often used in the plural.
idiom:

with (one's) pants down Slang.

  1. In an embarrassing position.

[Short for pantaloon.]

WORD HISTORY   One would not expect a word for a modern article of clothing to come ultimately from the name of a 4th-century Roman Catholic saint, but that is the case with the word pants. It can be traced back to Pantaleon, the patron saint of Venice. He became so closely associated with the inhabitants of that city that the Venetians were popularly known as Pantaloni. Consequently, among the commedia dell'arte's stock characters the representative Venetian (a stereotypically wealthy but miserly merchant) was called Pantalone, or Pantalon in French. In the mid-17th century the French came to identify him with one particular style of trousers, a style which became known as pantaloons in English. Pantaloons was later applied to another style that came into fashion in the late 18th century, tight-fitting garments that had begun to replace knee breeches. After that pantaloons was used to refer to trousers in general. The abbreviation of pantaloons to pants met with some resistance at first; it was considered vulgar and, as Oliver Wendell Holmes put it, “a word not made for gentlemen, but ‘gents.’” First found in the writings of Edgar Allan Poe in 1840, pants has replaced the “gentleman's word” in English and has lost all obvious connection to Saint Pantaleon.


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verb

  1. To breathe hard: blow1, gasp, huff, puff. See breath/breathlessness.
  2. To utter in a breathless manner: gasp, heave. See breath/breathlessness, words.
  3. To have a strong longing for: ache, covet, desire, hanker, long2, pine, want, wish, yearn. Informal hone2. See desire.

 
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v

Definition: long for
Antonyms: despise


 

Rapid, shallow breathing, a characteristic heat-losing reaction in dogs; represents an increase in dead-space ventilation resulting in heat loss without necessarily increasing oxygen uptake or carbon dioxide loss.

 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: n. - A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.

pronunciation If you run up the hill, you are liable to pant.

 
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Pant may refer to:

  • Pants, an article of clothing
  • To breathe quickly, spasmodically, or in a labored manner
  • Pant (surname), a North Indian and Nepalese surname
  • Pant (Surname),also in Maharastra and konkan in Goa.In fact the Pants of Uttarkhand and Nepal have migrated from Konkan.

Places

Pant (meaning "a hollow" in Welsh) is a common Welsh place name. Places named Pant include:

PANT is an ICAO code for Annette Island Airport


 
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. intr. - stønne, gispe
v. tr. - hige efter
n. - gisp, stønnen

2.
n. - bukser
adj. - bukse-

Nederlands (Dutch)
hijgen, puffen, verlangen, heftig kloppen (hart), hijgend uitbrengen, gehijg, heftig geklop

Français (French)
1.
v. intr. - dire (qch) d'une voix haletante
v. tr. - haleter (personne, animal), souffler
n. - halètement

2.
n. - (US) pantalon, (GB) slip
adj. - de pantalon

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - keuchen
n. - Keuchen

2.
n. - Hose, Unterhose
adj. - panto-

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - λαχανιάζω, ξεφυσώ, κοντανασαίνω, ασθμαίνω, σπαρταρώ
n. - λαχάνιασμα, ξεφύσημα, δύσπνοια

Italiano (Italian)
ansimare, ansare, palpitare, pulsare irregolarmente, anelare, bramare, boccheggiare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - ofegar, palpitar, suspirar
n. - ofego (m), palpitação (f)

Русский (Russian)
тяжело дышать, жаждать

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. intr. - jadear, resollar, anhelar, palpitar
v. tr. - decir resollando o jadeando
n. - jadeo , resuello, palpitación

2.
n. - pantalones, calzoncillos
adj. - relativo a los pantalones

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - flämta, flåsa, kippa, äv. trängta
n. - flämtande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 气喘, 气促, 喷气, 悸动, 剧跳, 喷着气行进, 气喘吁吁地讲, 心跳, 喷气声

2. 气喘, 喷气, 心跳, 喷气声

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. intr. - 氣喘, 氣促, 噴氣, 悸動, 劇跳, 噴著氣行進
v. tr. - 气喘吁吁地講
n. - 氣喘, 噴氣, 心跳, 噴氣聲

2.
n. - 氣喘, 噴氣, 心跳, 噴氣聲

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. intr. - 헐떡거리다, 갈망하다, 증기를 뿜고 나아가다
v. tr. - 헐떡 거리며 말하다
n. - 헐떡거림, 심한 동계, 배기음

2.
n. - 바지
adj. - 바지의

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 喘ぐ, あえぎながら動く, あえぎながら言う, 熱望する
n. - あえぎ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يلهث, يركض لاهثا, ينبض, يخفق, يتوق (الاسم) نبض, خفق, لهاث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נשם ונשף, התנשם, השתוקק‬
v. tr. - ‮דיבר תוך כדי התנשפות‬
n. - ‮נשימה מהירה, נשימה כבדה, פעימת לב‬
n. - ‮ברבים: תחתונים, מכנסיים‬
adj. - ‮של מכנסיים או תחתונים‬


 
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