[
US
/ˈpænt/
]
[ UK /pˈɑːnt/ ]
[ UK /pˈɑːnt/ ]
NOUN
- the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
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a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
she gave a gasp and fainted -
(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
he had a sharp crease in his trousers
VERB
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breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily - utter while panting, as if out of breath
How To Use pant In A Sentence
- At any rate, she rolled up the cuffs of her camouflage cargo pants a few times so she didn't trip if today's class required running.
- Rampant Victoriana tends to be a bit too fussy for me, but there were some lovely bits of jet and marcasite jewelry that called my name. Runaway, Jersey-style
- The camera zooms in on a book of sheets that each particpant holds, and each scene repeats a couple of times as a zoetrope would before the page turns and a new sequence begins. Leftfield and Looping « Squares of Wheat
- When she at last rose it was with panting breath. Emily Fox-Seton
- A energy absorbing structure is disclosed for the purpose of protecting human occupants of a vehicle from the damaging effects of sudden accelerative or decelerative forces by means of plastic deformation of the structure.
- My dad, despite his rampant hypochondria, had always been healthy.
- You can be the centre of attention in a conversation but then the focus changes as new participants enter the dialogue.
- In other cases panting is caused, i.e. the mechanism most often seen in the dog under natural conditions, when it is hot. Walter Hess - Nobel Lecture
- Eventually almost all postwar writers whose work departs significantly from convention have come to be labeled "postmodernist," a term that has definable meaning but that also has been used as an aid in this lashing-out, a way to further disparage such writers both by lumping them together indiscriminately and by identifying their work as just another participant in literary fashion. Postmodernism
- Cats include jaguars (Panthera onca) and pumas (Puma concolor). Marajó varzea