pant

  1. Noun.  A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
  2. Noun.  (obsolete) A violent palpitation of the heart.
  3. Verb.  (intransitive) 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.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To long for (something); to be eager for (something).
  5. Verb.  (intransitive) To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
  6. Verb.  (intransitive) Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
  7. Verb.  (intransitive) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
  8. Noun.  (fashion) A pair of pants (qualifier, trousers or underpants) .
  9. Noun.  (context, used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to pants.
  10. Noun.  a public drinking fountain in Scotland and North-East England.

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