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.
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 heave, as the breast.
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).
To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
To control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
To strangle or choke someone.
A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
The lever or pedal that controls this valve.