gulp vs pant

gulp

verb
  • To react nervously by swallowing. 

  • To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow. 

noun
  • An unspecified small number of bytes, often two. 

  • The usual amount swallowed. 

  • The sound of swallowing, sometimes indicating fear. 

intj
  • An indication of (the sound of) an involuntary fear reaction in the form of a swallowing motion. 

pant

verb
  • To sigh; to flutter; to languish. 

  • Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate. 

  • To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc. 

  • To long eagerly; to desire earnestly. 

  • To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp. 

  • To heave, as the breast. 

noun
  • A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation. 

  • Eager longing. 

  • Of or relating to pants. 

  • Any public drinking fountain. 

  • A pair of pants (trousers or underpants). 

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