panting

pant-ing · verb, noun, adjective

imported

Definitions

verb, noun, adjective

  1. 1.

    Present participle of "pant"; breathing quickly and heavily, typically from exertion or excitement.

  2. 2.

    The act or sound of breathing rapidly and heavily.

  3. 3.

    Breathing with quick, labored breaths.

Related words

Antonyms: breathing easily
See also: breathing, exhausted, gasping, pant
Synonyms: breathing heavily, gasping, huffing

Etymology

From Old French pantaisier ("to gasp for breath"), possibly from Vulgar Latin phantasiare ("to have hallucinations, be troubled by nightmares"), related to phantasia ("imagination").