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Meanings of pant in English

Portuguese
bufar
Catalan
esbufegar

Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted.

        bufar
        Catalan
        pantaló
        Spanish
        pantalón

        (Usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately.

              pantaló
              Portuguese
              ofego
              Catalan
              panteix

              A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.

                    ofego
                    Usage of pant in English
                    1
                    I heard the poor boy pant; his breathing became short and hurried.
                    Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
                    2
                    He'd roll up one pant leg and point his foot out straight.
                    Rant: an oral biography of buster casey
                    3
                    There he goes up the hill, with one pant-leg in his boot.
                    Earth's Enigmas: A Volume of Stories
                    4
                    Neither the ride nor the run was making him pant like that.
                    The Return of Blue Pete
                    5
                    This was done, and he stopped to pant and blow in safety.
                    Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century
                    6
                    I am of the great snake clan, and I do not pant.
                    The adventures of button
                    7
                    Looking up, I could see water running out of his pant legs.
                    Rock and Ice Magazine
                    8
                    The bellows seemed to pant unnaturally loud, all was so deadly still.
                    Put Yourself in His Place
                    9
                    He fled straight for the castle, scarcely with breath enough to pant.
                    Stephen Archer, and Other Tales
                    10
                    This is a history which our sons shall pant over and envy.
                    Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry
                    11
                    I do not pant, but I am finding it hard to breathe.
                    The Guardian
                    12
                    You pant like a lizard when you run to catch a car.
                    Cobb's Anatomy
                    13
                    With shivering gasps her breath began to pant between her reddening lips.
                    The Lost Continent
                    14
                    I climb off the chair, brush my pant leg off, and follow.
                    Back on murder
                    15
                    Whenever I think of Italy, night or day, pant-pant goes my heart.
                    Sandra Belloni — Volume 1
                    16
                    She broke into a pant and tipped her hips to the side.
                    The story of edgar sawtelle
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                    Translations for pant
                    Portuguese
                    bufarofego
                    Spanish
                    pantalón
                    Pant through the time
                    Pant across language varieties
                    United States of America
                    Common
                    United Kingdom
                    Common