panting Definition

pant
verb panted, panting

intr
1. To breathe in and out with quick, shallow, short gasps as a result of physical exertion.

Thesaurus: gasp, wheeze, huff, puff, blow.
2. To say something breathlessly.

noun

1. A gasping breath.

Thesaurus: gasp, wheeze, huff, puff.

Derivative: panting
noun

The act or noise of gasping
Thesaurus: breathless, out of breath, short-winded, gasping.

adj

Breathing in and out with quick, shallow, short gasps

Derivative: pantingly
adverb

Idiom: be panting for something

To be longing for it.
Example: panting for a drink
Thesaurus: yearn for, desire, crave, want, covet, hanker after, hunger for, thirst for, long for, pine for, ache for.

Etymology: 15c: from French pantaisier, from Greek phantasioun to hallucinate.