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).
Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc.
To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
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.
The act of breathing, not necessarily for a sustained period (compare respiration, which is sustained).