<p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>to breathe hard and quickly, as after exertion.</li><li>to gasp, as for air.</li><li>to long with breathless or intense eagerness; yearn: to pant for revenge.</li><li>to throb or heave violently or rapidly; palpitate.</li><li>to emit steam or the like in loud puffs.</li><li>(of the bow or stern of a ship) to work with the shock of contact with a succession of waves.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to breathe or utter gasping.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>the act of panting.</li><li>a short, quick, labored effort at breathing; gasp.</li><li>a puff, as of an engine.</li><li>a throb or heave, as of the breast.</li></ul>