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

1. intransitive 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.
2. intransitive verb. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
3. intransitive verb. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart.
4. intransitive verb. To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
5. transitive verb. To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.
6. transitive verb. To long for; to be eager after.
7. noun. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
8. noun. A violent palpitation of the heart.
9. noun. a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open

   "she gave a gasp and fainted"

   Synonyms: gasp

10. noun. (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"

    Synonyms: trouser

11. noun. the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
12. verb. breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

    "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"

    Synonyms: gasp, heave, puff

13. verb. utter while panting, as if out of breath

Synonyms

gasp, trouser, heave, puff

Common word forms

pants, panted, panter, panting

Words from these letters

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