Pant (p&adot_;nt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Panted; p. pr. & vb. n. Panting.] [Cf. F. panteler to gasp for breath, OF. panteisier to be breathless, F. pantois out of breath; perh. akin to E. phantom, the verb prob. orig. meaning, to have the nightmare.] 1. 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.[1913 Webster]
Pluto plants for breath from out his cell.
2. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly; -- often used with for or after.[1913 Webster]
As the hart panteth after the water brooks.
Who pants for glory finds but short repose.
3. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart. Spenser.[1913 Webster]
4. To sigh; to flutter; to languish. [Poetic][1913 Webster]
The whispering breezePants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees.
Pant, v. t. 1. To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.[1913 Webster]
There is a cavern where my spiritWas panted forth in anguish.
2. To long for; to be eager after. [R.][1913 Webster]
Then shall our hearts pant thee.
Pant, n. 1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp. Drayton.[1913 Webster]
2. A violent palpitation of the heart. Shak.[1913 Webster]
pant, n. A single leg of a pair of pants. See pants.[PJC]
pant, a. Of or pertaining to pants.[PJC]