Dictionary Entry
pant
pant is a 4-letter English word with 13 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
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.
- 2intransitive verb
Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
- 3intransitive verb
To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart.
- 4intransitive verb
To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
- 5transitive verb
To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.
- 6transitive verb
To long for; to be eager after.
- 7noun
A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
- 8noun
A violent palpitation of the heart.
- 9noun
a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
"she gave a gasp and fainted"
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- 10noun
(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
"he had a sharp crease in his trousers"
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- 11noun
the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
- 12verb
breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
"The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
- 13verb
utter while panting, as if out of breath
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