PANT

v. 1 gasp, huff (and puff), blow, heave, breathe hard, wheeze He was panting when he came into the room, having run up the stairs 2 Usually, pant for or after. crave, hanker after, hunger or thirst for or after, yearn for, ache for, want, desire, covet, wish for, long or pine or sigh for, have one's heart set on, die for, be dying for, Colloq have a yen for, give one's eye-teeth or right arm for Margery was the girl that all the boys panted after when we were ten