[verb] - to breathe quickly and loudly through your mouth usually because you have been doing something very energeticWe ran up the hill and arrived at the top panting and covered in sweat. [I]A young girl ran up to us. "They're coming. They're coming now," she panted (= said while panting). [+ speech]
PANT
Meaning of PANT in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012