[pant], (Verb)

Definitions:
- breathe with short, quick breaths, typically from exertion or excitement
(e.g: he was panting when he reached the top)

- long for or to do something
(e.g: the opening song makes you pant for more)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: related to Old French pantaisier ‘be agitated, gasp’, based on Greek phantasioun ‘cause to imagine’, from phantasia (see fantasy)

[pant], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a short, quick breath
(e.g: Robyn was breathing rather fast, in shallow pants)

- a throb or heave of a person's heart or chest
(e.g: I felt the quick pant of my bosom)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: related to Old French pantaisier ‘be agitated, gasp’, based on Greek phantasioun ‘cause to imagine’, from phantasia (see fantasy)