Pant Definition

pănt

panted, panting, pants

verb

panted, panting, pants

To breathe rapidly and heavily; gasp, as from running fast.

Webster's New World

To beat rapidly, as the heart; throb; pulsate.

Webster's New World

To utter hurriedly and breathlessly; gasp out.

Webster's New World

To give off steam, smoke, etc. in loud puffs, as an engine.

Webster's New World

To feel strong desire; yearn eagerly.

Webster's New World

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noun

pants

Any of a series of rapid, heavy breaths, as from exertion; gasp.

Webster's New World

A throb, as of the heart.

Webster's New World

A puff, as of an engine.

Webster's New World

Trousers.

American Heritage

Underpants.

American Heritage

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prefix

Alternative form of panto-.

Wiktionary

idiom

with (one's) pants down

American Heritage

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Pant

Possibly a shortening of Old French pantoisier (“to be breathless") (compare modern French panteler (“to gasp for breath")), probably from Vulgar Latin *pantasiō (“struggling for breath when having a nightmare"), from Ancient Greek φαντασιόω (phantasioō, “I am subject to hallucinations"), from φαντασία (phantasia, “appearance, image, fantasy").

From Wiktionary
Middle English panten perhaps alteration of Old French pantaisier from Vulgar Latin pantasiāre from Greek phantasioun to form images from phantasiā appearance fantasy

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Short for pantaloon

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From pants

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