panting

pant ¹  (pnt)

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.

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[Middle English panten, perhaps alteration of Old French pantaisier, from Vulgar Latin *pantasire, from Greek phantasioun, to form images, from phantasi, appearance; see fantasy.]

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panting·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	panting - breathing heavily (as after exertion) heaving breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation - the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
	2.	panting - any fabric used to make trousers trousering cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

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panting

adjective 1. out of breath, winded, gasping, puffed, puffing, breathless, puffed out, short of breath, out of puff, out of whack (informal)

adjective 2. eager, raring, anxious, impatient, champing at the bit (informal) all agog