pant

/pænt/ · noun

Meaning

A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
Eager longing.
A violent palpitation of the heart.
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.
To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
To long for (something); to be eager for (something).
Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
To heave, as the breast.
A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).
(used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to pants.
(Scotland and northeast England) Any public drinking fountain.

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

No descendant words have been linked yet.