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Synonyms for pant

Grammar : Verb
Spell : pant
Phonetic Transcription : pænt

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Définition of pant

Origin :
  • mid-15c., perhaps a shortening of Old French pantaisier "gasp, puff, pant, be out of breath, be in distress" (12c.), probably from Vulgar Latin *pantasiare "be oppressed with a nightmare, struggle for breathing during a nightmare," literally "to have visions," from Greek phantasioun "have or form images, subject to hallucinations," from phantasia "appearance, image, fantasy" (see phantasm). Related: Panted; panting.
  • verb gasp for air
  • verb long for
Example sentences :
  • Why, in a little while we wanted to hold our mouths open and pant like a dog.
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • He was out of breath with whispering; I could hear him pant slightly.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Sharer » by Joseph Conrad
  • I pant for a plantation which shall shelter and not suffocate.
  • Extract from : « The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba » by Walter Goodman
  • Her head drooped back and her parted lips seemed to pant and glow.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • “Bullets,” said Harry, who began to pant with excitement, as he made for the door.
  • Extract from : « In the Mahdi's Grasp » by George Manville Fenn
  • But in a few minutes they had recovered their breath, and ceased to pant from their exertions.
  • Extract from : « A Lieutenant at Eighteen » by Oliver Optic
  • Some may court publicity, and pant for the forum, or the pulpit, but they are the few.
  • Extract from : « The Young Maiden » by A. B. (Artemas Bowers) Muzzey
  • He paused to pant, his body filling and emptying like a bladder.
  • Extract from : « Bob, Son of Battle » by Alfred Ollivant
  • From my place of ambush I could hear him pant aloud as he struck the blows.
  • Extract from : « Treasure Island » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • I was glad to get home; my legs shook under me, and I could only stand and pant.
  • Extract from : « Black Beauty » by Anna Sewell

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