pant

/pรฆnt/

IPA: /P AE1 N T/

noun
  1. 1

    A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.

  2. 2

    Eager longing.

  3. 3

    A violent palpitation of the heart.

verb
  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.

  3. 3

    To long for (something); to be eager for (something).

  4. 4

    Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.

  5. 5

    To sigh; to flutter; to languish.

  6. 6

    To heave, as the breast.

  7. 7

    To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc.

noun
  1. 1

    A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).

  2. 2

    (used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to pants.

    โ€œPant legโ€

noun
  1. 1

    (Scotland and northeast England) Any public drinking fountain.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pant