panting
adjective
[ ˈpantɪŋ ]
• breathing with short, quick breaths; out of breath.
• "a panting dog"
pant
verb
• breathe with short, quick breaths, typically from exertion or excitement.
• "he was panting when he reached the top"
Similar:
breathe heavily,
breathe hard,
breathe quickly,
puff,
huff and puff,
puff and blow,
gasp,
wheeze,
heave,
blow,
out of breath,
breathless,
short of breath,
puffed out,
puffing,
huffing and puffing,
puffing and blowing,
gasping,
gasping for breath,
wheezing,
wheezy,
winded,
short-winded,
out of puff,
• long for or to do something.
• "the opening song makes you pant for more"
Similar:
yearn for,
long for,
crave,
hanker after/for,
pine for,
ache for,
hunger for,
thirst for,
be hungry for,
be greedy for,
be thirsty for,
itch for,
sigh for,
be dying for,
cry out for,
wish for,
desire,
be consumed with desire for,
want,
covet,
have a yen for,
be athirst for,
suspire for,
Origin:
Middle English: related to Old French pantaisier ‘be agitated, gasp’, based on Greek phantasioun ‘cause to imagine’, from phantasia (see fantasy).
