vt to long for; to be eager after.
2. pant ·noun a violent palpitation of the heart.
3. pant ·vi hence: to long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
4. pant ·noun a quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
5. pant ·vt to breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.
6. pant ·vi to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb;
said of the heart.
7. pant ·vi to sigh; to flutter; to languish.
8. pant ·vi 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.