pant

CEFRC1

/pænt/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To breathe quickly and heavily, often after exercise.

  2. 02

    noun

    A quick, heavy breath.

Examples

  • Tom's gone down two pant sizes since he went vegan.

  • Tom's gone down two pant sizes since he's been working out.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /pant/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. A violent palpitation of the heart.

  2. Eager longing.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.

More examples

In context

  • To commemorate our 50th anniversary we've rolled out a new pant with our signature blue and white seams.

  • Indeed, the projections, cravings, and everyday frolics common to trysts among buzz-activist Hollywood stars and starlets, plus their many common folk imitators, go forward with eager pant.

  • To this great fairy I'll commend thy acts, / Make her thanks bless thee. O thou day o' the world, / Chain mine arm'd neck; leap thou, attire and all; / Through proof of harness to my heart, and there / Ride on the pants triumphing.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English panten, whence also English dialectal pank. Possibly from Old French pantoyer, a byform or of Old French pantoisier (“to be breathless”) (compare modern French panteler (“to gasp for breath”)), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *pantasiō (“struggling for breath when having a nightmare”), from Ancient Greek φαντασιόω (phantasióō, “to be subject to hallucinations”), from φαντασία (phantasía, “appearance, image, fantasy”).