pant

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  1. intransitive verb To breathe rapidly in short gasps, as after exertion.
  2. intransitive verb To beat loudly or heavily; throb or pulsate.
  3. intransitive verb To give off loud puffs, especially while moving.
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pant:   pants ·  panted ·  panting
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  1. Middle English panten, perhaps alteration of Old French pantaisier, from Vulgar Latin *pantasiāre, from Greek phantasioun, to form images, from phantasiā, appearance; see fantasy.
  2. Short for pantaloon.

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  1. from Middle English Panten, apparently from Old French pantoyer (=Provencal Panteiar), also panteler F. panteler, pant, gasp, throb, cf. Old French pantais,pantois, shortness of breath, as in hawks (see pantas); ult. Origin uncertain. The English dial. Pank, pant, is prob. a mere variant of pant.
  2. from pant, v.
  3. Origin obscure.
 

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