pantn.¹

Brit.

/pant/, U.S.

/pænt/

Forms: 1500s pante, 1500s (Scottish)– pant.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pant v.

Etymology: < pant v.

1. Each of a series of short, quick, laboured breaths brought on by exertion, agitation, etc.; a gasp. Also (occasionally): quick, laboured breathing of this kind.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath > panting

fnastinga1382

panting1440

pant?a1513

pech?a1513

anhelation?1548

hyperpnœa1860

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 40 Thair cwmis ȝoung monkis... And in the courte thair hait flesche dantis, Full fadirlyk, with pechis and pantis.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. viii. 79 With mony pant, and felloun hauchis and quhaikis.

1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars v. lxiv. 119 As yet his breath found passage to and fro, With many a short pant, many a broken word.

1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 248 Here were groans, there pants .

1834 W. Godwin Lives Necromancers 221 The loud strokes of the hammer,..intermixed with the pants and groans of the workmen.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. i. 37 This still voice was the pant of a lion rising.

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. vii. 87 Bathsheba said nothing; but he could distinctly hear her rhythmical pants.

1932 S. O'Faoláin Midsummer Night Madness 96 Rory gabbled between every pant after his climb, telling about the horse.

1993 R. Goldstein Strange Attractors 134 Mr. Zweigel himself picked up the phone, a little short of breath,..his voice coming in little pants.

2. A throb or heave of the chest caused by laboured breathing, or by fear, excitement, passion, etc. Now rare.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath > panting > heave of breast

pant1581

1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. E.ij^v The hardest harte by proofe, doth yeelde an inwarde pante When good desyres are deprest.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. ix. 16 Leape thou..Through proofe of Harnesse to my heart, and there Ride on the pants triumphing.

1723 R. Steele Conscious Lovers iii. i. 48 The pretty enough—Pant of her Bosom.

1757 W. Thompson Poems Several Occasions II. 287 The Spring of Health,..calls forth Embosom'd Bliss,..the impassion'd Glance Of Gratitude, the Pant of Honour.

1800 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1801) 4 270 The bosom's pant, the rosy-winding arm.

1805 W. Godwin Fleetwood I. vi. 139 I felt the quick pants of my bosom.

1994 D. Cassidy & C. Deffaa C'mon, get Happy vii. 68 The teen magazines, whipping interest in me to a pant with their articles.

3. In extended use. The regular throb and gasping sound made by a steam engine as the valves open and shut. Now rare.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > engine sound > [noun]

puttering1824

pant1840

puff-puff1856

chug1866

phut1874

teuf-teuf1902

tuff-tuff1902

chuff1914

chuff-chuff1914

phut-phut1916

put-putting1923

put-put1925

pocketa-pocketa1939

putter1942

phut-phutting1954

1840 J. Ruskin Lett. to College Friend 4 July in Wks. (1903) I. 407 For you..have heaved the dark limbs of the colossal engine—its deep, fierce breath has risen in hot pants to heaven.

1856 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 10 May in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. iv. 27 Every pant of the engine carried us over some spot of ground which Scott has made fertile with poetry.

1898 K. Grahame Golden Age xi. 17 The pant and smoke of a distant train.

2004 www.railroaddata.com 26 May (O.E.D. Archive) The creak of wooden floorboards, the smell of cinders, the pant of the steam locomotive—these were the sensations of daily life in our great-grandparents' day.

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pantn.²

Brit.

/pant/, U.S.

/pænt/, Scottish English

/pant/

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown.In sense 2, a connection has been made by some with post-classical Latin pantanum swamp, bog (from mid 10th cent.; frequently in Italian sources), apparently a word of pre-Indo-European origin; N.E.D. (1904) regards the resemblance as ‘probably fortuitous’.

Scottish and English regional (northern).

1. Scottish and English regional (north-eastern) and historical. A public fountain, cistern, or well; esp. a stone or iron construction with a spout, from which water is drawn. Sc. National Dict. (1968) records this sense as in use in southern Scotland in 1965.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > for water > apparatus for drawing water from mains

standardc1475

pant1586

standcock1745

standpipe1763

fire main1826

hydrant1828

fire hydrant1838

1586 in J. Barmby Memorials St. Giles's, Durham (1896) 13 Payd for the poore men's dycke that dwell att the pant.

1598 in R. Welford Hist. Newcastle & Gateshead (1887) III. 130 Every street hath his cistern or pant.

1661 Extracts Munic. Accts. Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1848) 58 Paid Mr. Blackett, sherriffe, for a ton of wine which used at the coronation when the pant ran wine, 22l.

1715 T. Craig-Brown Hist. Selkirkshire (1886) II. 90 Subscriptions towards a pant or trough at the Cross well.

1788 Weekly Jrnl. 23 Sept. Last week two women (Sisters), who have been for many years separated, and each totally ignorant of the other's situation or residence, accidentally met at a Pant in Newcastle, far from the place of their birth.

1857 A. Jeffrey Hist. Roxburghshire II. iii. 112 Water was brought from a well in Sudhope-Path to a pant erected for its reception at the Cross.

1884 W. Besant Dorothy Forster (1887) iii. 28 A triangular green, having the village pant at the end.

2006 J. Uglow Nature's Engraver 321 One better-off apprentice refused to take the workshop pitcher to the pant.

2. English regional (north-western). A pool into which water or moisture drains, esp. from a manure heap; a puddle, a sump; spec. a cesspit.

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the world > the earth > water > lake > small body or puddle > [noun]

plashlOE

pulkc1300

pludc1325

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sumpa1450

flush1487

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plashet1575

pool1596

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flodge1696

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push1886

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1807 J. Stagg Misc. Poems (new ed.) 15 Lang stretch'd i' th' midden pant.

1808 R. Anderson et al. Ballads in Cumberland Dial. (new ed.) 173 He..stuck in a pant buin the middle.

1899 Speaker 23 Dec. 309/2 Where the water from the pant flows out of the farm-yard under a wall, the grass is soft and green.

a1919 W. B. Kendall Forness Word Bk. (Cumbria County Archives, Barrow) (transcript of MS) Pant, a pit; a cess pit.

1997 W. Rollinson Dict. Cumbrian Dial. 119/2 Pant, cesspit.

Compounds

pant-well n. Scottish (now rare) = sense 1.

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1825 J. A. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (1880) III. 438/2 Some of this description were arched, as the old Pant-well at Selkirk.

1857 A. Jeffrey Hist. Roxburghshire III. i. 12 A huge and unseemly pantwell, surmounted by a lamp stood in one corner.

1913 Kelso Chron. 21 Feb. 4 I've read yon Jamie Dickson chiel Wi' some auld pant-well played the deil Syne tae the polis showed clear heel In holy fear.

1998 D. Purves tr. Du Fu Kintrie Cothouss in Lallans No. 52. 10 The weeds growes owre the pant wal.

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pantn.³

Brit.

/pant/, U.S.

/pænt/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: pantaloon n.

Etymology: Shortened < pantaloon n. Compare slightly later pants n.

Formerly: †a trouser leg; = pantleg n. (obsolete). Now (originally U.S.): a pair of trousers; = pants n. 1a.In current sense chiefly used in the retail clothing industry.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > parts of > leg

pant1832

pantleg1854

trousers1862

pants leg1880

1832 Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Let. 29 Nov. in G. N. Ray Lett. W. M. Thackeray (1945) I. 259 The poor knee would be spared much risk if y^r Aunt Forrest could put some kind of padding..inside of the pantaloon, in a manner that the pant wont be tightened thereby.

1893 H. A. Shands Some Peculiarities Speech Mississippi 49 Pant.., an abbreviation of pantaloons, used by clerks in dry-goods stores. They say: ‘I have a pant that I can sell you,’ etc. Of course, pants is a well-known abbreviation, but I think pant is rather a new word.

1894 Gloss. Terms Evid. Royal Comm. Labour 40/2 in Parl. Papers 1893–4 (C. 7063–VC) XXXVIII. 411 Some of the loops are removed to narrow the stocking or pant at the ankle.

1962 L. L. Bean Catal. Spring 10 A practical and well made pant for general sportswear.

1963 Democrat (St. Kitts) 3 Aug. 10 In the pocket of the pant was a wallet containing $5.

1991 Incentive Today Oct. 19 (advt.) The 962 combines beautifully with our athletic cut 950 jogging pant in the same heavy sweat fabric.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

pant-look n.

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1970 Women's Wear Daily 23 Nov. 31/2 I think another pant look will take over.

C2.

pantcoat n. a woman's short coat designed for wearing with trousers.

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1970 N.Y. Post 16 Dec. 6 Pantcoat, on duty for wintry weather and for city traffic.

1998 Chicago Tribune 13 Feb. iv. 12 (advt.) 50% Off Our Original Low Prices! Designer Coats, Fur-Trimmed Coats,..Parkas, Pant Coats, Bombers and more!

pantdress n. a woman's garment, similar to a dress but with a divided skirt.

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1964 Women's Wear Daily 30 Nov. 44 Julie Isles..likes the pantdress that stops just above the knee.

1968 N.Y. Times 15 July 43 This time, it is a more coordinated trend—pant-skirts, pant-dresses, pant-suits, tops and pants and so on.

pantskirt n. a divided skirt.

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1964 Times 3 Aug. 11 The pants and pantskirt as shown by Marc Bohan at Dior are for the country and around the house.

2000 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 26 Sept. b5 Chanel director of public relations Anny Kazanjian with model wearing ruffled blouse and pantskirt and ping pong pearls.

pantsuit n. = trouser suit n..

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > set or suit of clothes > [noun] > for specific people > for women > trouser suit

trouser suit1898

slack suit1940

pants suit1964

pantsuit1964

1964 N.Y. Herald Tribune 20 Sept. ii. 1 Suddenly pants, in a new version called the pantsuit, star in fashion shows. They have become high fashion.

2000 Country Music People May 19/1 Stylishly garbed in a sleeveless black pantsuit set off by a gold belt and that striking red hair.

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pantn.⁴

Brit.

/pant/, U.S.

/pænt/, Scottish English

/pant/, Irish English

/pænt/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: pantomime n.

Etymology: Shortened < pantomime n.

Scottish and Irish English (northern).

1. A lark, a bit of fun; a prank, a caper.

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society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > a frolic

oliprancec1390

ragerya1393

vague1523

rex1566

friskin1570

gambol1573

reak1573

prank1576

vagary1588

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caper1592

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firk1611

frolica1635

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ramp1696

romp1713

freak1724

scheme1758

rig1782

lark1811

escapade1814

gammock1819

gambade1821

enfantillage1827

game1828

shines1830

rollick1834

rusty1835

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rum-tum1876

panta1901

gas1914

a1901 J. B. Salmond Bawbee Bowden (1922) xii. 102 Haud your tongue! It wudda been a richt pant, an' nae mistak; wuddin't?

1904 ‘H. Foulis’ Erchie x ‘Right,’ says Duffy, ‘bring you Jinnet and I'll tak' my wife, and we'll hae a rale pant.’

1951 H. W. Pryde Maisie McFlannel's Romance 17 Whitna pant we had one night imitatin' the sergeant-major pittin' us through wur paces, when in he walked.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 246/2 Pant, a lark, a frolic; an enjoyable occasion.

2. Irish English (northern). Talk, rumour. Also: a source of news or gossip; an entertaining person.

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society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] > tale-bearer

rounderOE

blabc1374

tale-teller1377

clatterer1388

tittlerc1400

talebearer1478

whisterer1519

whisperer1547

telltale1548

tattler1549

clatterfart1552

tale-carrier1552

babbler?1555

gossip1566

gossiper1568

carry-tale1577

mumble-news1598

twitter1598

buzzer1604

blob-talea1670

gadabout1757

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circulator1792

clype1825

windjammer1880

tattle-tale1889

panta1908

clatfarta1930

a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 207/1 That's the pant that's going through the country.

1928 P. O'Donnell Islanders 35 I knew Dan'd be a pant.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 246/2 Pant, someone with something interesting to relate, someone with a lot of news; an entertaining person; talk; rumour.

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pantv.

Brit.

/pant/, U.S.

/pænt/

Forms: Middle English pante, Middle English– pant, late Middle English pont, 1500s–1600s paunt, 1600s paint (probably transmission error); also Scottish pre-1700 panetand (present participle).

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: French pantiser.

Etymology: Apparently shortened < (or perhaps < a shortened variant of) Anglo-Norman pantiser, panteiser, pantoiser to pant and Old French, Middle French, French †pantiser (12th cent. in Old French; in Old French also pantaisier , pantoisier ; compare Middle French pantaiser (16th cent.), Middle French, French †pantaiser (16th cent.)) to tremble, to pant < an unattested post-classical Latin borrowing < Hellenistic Greek ϕαντασιοῦν to bring images before the mind < ancient Greek ϕαντασία fantasy n. Compare Old Occitan pantaizar, pantaisar, pantaiar to dream, to have a nightmare, Sicilian pantasciari to be oppressed, Calabrian pantasiari to disquiet, trouble, Catalan pantaixar to be oppressed, or out of breath with emotion. Compare also post-classical Latin phantasiare (also phantasiari) to dream, to fancy, imagine (14th cent. in British sources).The English verb perhaps arose through misapprehension of the form pantiser as showing a stem pant- and the suffix iser -ize suffix; a similar development in French is apparently reflected by Old French pantoillier, Middle French pantoier, Middle French, French panteler, all in sense ‘to pant’.

a. intransitive. To breathe hard with quick, short breaths, as from exertion, heat, or agitation; to gasp for breath.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (intransitive)] > become short of breath > pant

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puffc1300

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fuff1721

pipe1814

huff1881

c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 5* Femme teinge et suspire, Woman pantyth and sykyth.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 381 Pantyn, anelo.

?a1475 (a1396) W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (Harl. 6579) ii. xxxv. f. 113 (MED) Summe louers of god..streyn hem selfyn þurgh grete violence & panten so strongly þat þei bresten in to bodily feruours.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 173 (MED) War! I say, lett me pant; now thynk I to fyght ffor anger.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. v. 20 He semyt porturyt pantand for the hete.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 288 They blowe, and pant like discomfited souldiers.

?1592 J. Manwood Brefe Coll. Lawes Forest 5 (margin) He that doth hunt a wilde beast, & doth make him paunt, shall pay 10. shillings.

1668 J. Owen Nature Indwelling-sin ix. 131 They brought their Offerings or Sacrifices on their shoulders, which they pretended wearyed them, and they panted and blowed as men ready to faint under them.

1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 509 He pants, he sobs apall'd; Drops down his heavy Head to Earth.

1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 537 Nereids or Dryads, as the fashion leads, Now in the floods, now panting in the meads.

1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited i. 13 Rather than pay three-pence to one of the men on the quays, they stumbled, and panted, and pushed, under a load which was heavier than it need to have been.

1873 E. E. Hale In his Name vi. 49 The poor beast he rode came panting into the crowd.

1914 E. von Arnim Pastor's Wife xv. 167 On the terrace a dog was lying panting, with its tongue out.

1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xvi. 137 The attendant, still panting a little from his exertions.

b. intransitive. To go or run breathing quickly and heavily from exertion.figurative in quot. 1713.

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the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (intransitive)] > go panting

panta1635

puff1765

a1635 T. Randolph Poems (1652) 88 You Father on his forked top sit still, And see us panting up so steep a hill.

1713 E. Young Poem on Last Day i. 16 Words all in vain Pant after the Distress.

1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 94 As a hare..Pants to the place from whence at first he flew.

1851 H. B. Edwardes Year on Punjab Frontier I. 30 When all your fat Punjabee dogs are panting in vain after the hare.

1871 R. Browning Balaustion 5 We could hear behind us plain the threats And curses of the pirate panting up In..passion of pursuit.

1958 P. Kemp No Colours or Crest (1960) i. 8 Greta..panted upstairs from the kitchen.

1986 L. Garfield December Rose iii. 18 He scuttled away at a tremendous rate, and Mister Roberts, cursing the greed of his helpers, limped and panted after his bolting boy.

c. intransitive. figurative (chiefly poetic). Applied to the wind or waves. Now Newfoundland and rare.

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1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 xcviii. 25 Weary waves, withdrawing from the fight, Lie lull'd and panting on the silent shore.

1717 A. Pope Eloisa to Abelard in Wks. 425 The dying gales that pant upon the trees.

1782 W. Cowper Expostulation in Poems 721 A cold blast sings Through the dry leaves, and pants upon the strings.

1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to West Wind iv, in Prometheus Unbound 191 If I were..A wave to pant beneath thy power, and share The impulse of thy strength.

1924 G. A. England Vikings of Ice 114 The air shimmered over the ice that gleamed above the slow swells and opening breadths of sea. The ocean, as Newfoundlanders say, was ‘panting’.

d. intransitive. Of a furnace, bellows, engine, etc.: to emit air or steam in loud, regular puffs.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > engine sound > [verb (intransitive)]

pant1735

chug1896

teuf-teuf1902

put-put1905

chug-chug1907

chuff1914

chuff-chuff1914

putter1937

phut-phut1939

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > as a vapour

reekOE

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exhalea1628

to cast off1674

perspire1680

pant1735

1735 A. Pope Satires of Donne ii. 20 Heav'd by the breath th' inspiring Bellows blow; Th' inspiring Bellows lie and pant below.

1743 J. Davidson tr. Virgil Æneid viii. 250 The fire in the furnace pants.

1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 98 Not a steam-boat pants from harbour.

1992 R. MacNeil Burden of Desire iv. 440 The awed children saw two giant steam engines, coupled together, grind in, panting as though exhausted.

2. intransitive. Chiefly poetic. Of the heart, bosom, etc.: to throb or heave violently or rapidly, esp. with strong emotion; to pulsate. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > vascular system > circulation > pulsation > [verb (intransitive)] > types of pulsation

panta1500

leap1526

throb1542

vermiculate1706

flutter1714

wallop1766

thump1785

rise1819

race1853

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 259 (MED) I shall fownde, if that I may..To cause his hart pante.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxxvii[i]. 10 My hert paunteth, my strength hath fayled me.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie P 68 To pant as the hart, or brayne doth... My vaines dooe beate or pant.

1608 Merry Devil Edmonton in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) X. 228 His blood is good and clear, As the best drop that panteth in thy veins.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 103 Whom reeking hote, with heart yet panting, they greedily devoured.

1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 473 A breast that panted with alarms.

1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci ii. ii. 34 Her very name, But spoken by a stranger, makes my heart Sicken and pant.

1897 F. Thompson New Poems 48 For Earth's bosom pants, and heaves her scarfing sea.

1930 P. Colum Coll. Poems (1953) 195 The heart pants, The joints fail; Almost the bones break.

3. intransitive. To gasp after or for (air, water, etc.), esp. in to pant for breath. Frequently figurative: to long or wish with breathless eagerness; to gasp with desire; to yearn for, after, or to do something.

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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > desire strongly or eagerly [verb (intransitive)]

famish1535

gape1552

to gasp for1553

pant1560

mantle1657

1560 Bible (Geneva) Psalms xlii. 1 As the hart braieth for the riuers of water, so panteth my soule after thee o God.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxiv. 239 I pant for life.

1611 Bible (King James) Psalms xlii. 1 As the Hart panteth after the water brookes, so panteth my soule after thee, O God.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 423 Here Pluto pants for Breath.

1721 E. Young Revenge v. ii When all the bliss I pant for, is to gain In hell a refuge from severer pain.

1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 476 He..Pants to be told of battles won or lost.

1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. vii. 126 Her sister, panting for breath, came up with him.

1822 Ld. Byron Werner i. i 'Tis to be amongst these sovereigns My husband pants!

1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It App. C. 589 He continued to beat me with all his great force, until absolutely weary, exhausted and panting for breath.

1954 I. Murdoch Under Net xiv. 197 Stop acting..you're panting for that money.

1989 M. Dobbs House of Cards (BNC) 329 He was panting for breath from physical and nervous exhaustion.

1993 Time 18 Jan. 47/1 The consumer electronics industry is panting after something called the ‘universal box’.

4. transitive. To utter gaspingly or breathlessly.

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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > breathily

puff1576

pant1608

gaspa1616

whiff1765

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 210 Came there a reeking Post,..halfe breathles, panting [1623 painting] forth From Gonorill his mistris, salutations.

1778 F. Burney Evelina II. xv. 123 ‘No,—no,—no—’ I panted out, ‘I am no actress.’

1865 S. Ferguson Lays W. Gael 120 And thick and loud the swinking crowd at every stroke pant ‘ho!’

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxviii. 98 ‘I shall let myself marry him—I cannot help it!’ she jealously panted, with her hot face to the pillow that night.

1939 A. Ransome Secret Water xxi. 250 ‘It's just the wind we want,’ panted Daisy swigging on her halyard.

1991 Rage 13 Feb. (Sex Suppl) 18/2 Madonna wore white and panted she was ‘Like A Virgin’.

5. transitive. poetic. To expel forth or out with agitated breaths or spasms; to emit in pulses. rare.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (transitive)] > pant

pant?1624

?1624 G. Chapman tr. Βατραχομυομαχια in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 5 His heart within him panted out repose, For th' insolent plight in which his state did stand.

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iii. iii. 109 My spirit Was panted forth in anguish whilst thy pain Made my heart mad.

1930 R. Campbell Adamastor 91 Like a ruby panting fire, The grape will redden on your fingers Through the lit crystal of the cup.

†6. intransitive. Shipbuilding. Of a ship: to have the iron plating of the hull bulge in and out with the pressure of waves. Cf. panting n.¹ 2. Obsolete.

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society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > pitch and roll

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totterc1400

walterc1400

labour1587

senda1625

to bruise the water1836

stagger1840

pant1869

to walk turkey1888

pound1903

slam1958

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > be strained (of timbers or hull) > of plates

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1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding i. 12 Instances..of ships ‘panting’ in their fore compartments.

1889 J. J. Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. 160 The comparatively flat plates at the ends are likely to pant (i.e. move in and out under it [sc. water pressure]), which could cause leaky rivets.

1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 67 In the fore body and aft body there is much strutting and bracing, to prevent the new ship ‘panting’ in her struggles with the waves.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

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释义	pantn.¹ Brit. /pant/, U.S. /pænt/ Forms: 1500s pante, 1500s (Scottish)– pant. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pant v. Etymology: < pant v. 1. Each of a series of short, quick, laboured breaths brought on by exertion, agitation, etc.; a gasp. Also (occasionally): quick, laboured breathing of this kind. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath > panting fnastinga1382 panting1440 pant?a1513 pech?a1513 anhelation?1548 hyperpnœa1860 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 40 Thair cwmis ȝoung monkis... And in the courte thair hait flesche dantis, Full fadirlyk, with pechis and pantis. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. viii. 79 With mony pant, and felloun hauchis and quhaikis. 1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars v. lxiv. 119 As yet his breath found passage to and fro, With many a short pant, many a broken word. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 248 Here were groans, there pants . View more context for this quotation 1834 W. Godwin Lives Necromancers 221 The loud strokes of the hammer,..intermixed with the pants and groans of the workmen. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. i. 37 This still voice was the pant of a lion rising. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. vii. 87 Bathsheba said nothing; but he could distinctly hear her rhythmical pants. 1932 S. O'Faoláin Midsummer Night Madness 96 Rory gabbled between every pant after his climb, telling about the horse. 1993 R. Goldstein Strange Attractors 134 Mr. Zweigel himself picked up the phone, a little short of breath,..his voice coming in little pants. 2. A throb or heave of the chest caused by laboured breathing, or by fear, excitement, passion, etc. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath > panting > heave of breast pant1581 1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. E.ij^v The hardest harte by proofe, doth yeelde an inwarde pante When good desyres are deprest. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. ix. 16 Leape thou..Through proofe of Harnesse to my heart, and there Ride on the pants triumphing. View more context for this quotation 1723 R. Steele Conscious Lovers iii. i. 48 The pretty enough—Pant of her Bosom. 1757 W. Thompson Poems Several Occasions II. 287 The Spring of Health,..calls forth Embosom'd Bliss,..the impassion'd Glance Of Gratitude, the Pant of Honour. 1800 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1801) 4 270 The bosom's pant, the rosy-winding arm. 1805 W. Godwin Fleetwood I. vi. 139 I felt the quick pants of my bosom. 1994 D. Cassidy & C. Deffaa C'mon, get Happy vii. 68 The teen magazines, whipping interest in me to a pant with their articles. 3. In extended use. The regular throb and gasping sound made by a steam engine as the valves open and shut. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > engine sound > [noun] puttering1824 pant1840 puff-puff1856 chug1866 phut1874 teuf-teuf1902 tuff-tuff1902 chuff1914 chuff-chuff1914 phut-phut1916 put-putting1923 put-put1925 pocketa-pocketa1939 putter1942 phut-phutting1954 1840 J. Ruskin Lett. to College Friend 4 July in Wks. (1903) I. 407 For you..have heaved the dark limbs of the colossal engine—its deep, fierce breath has risen in hot pants to heaven. 1856 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 10 May in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. iv. 27 Every pant of the engine carried us over some spot of ground which Scott has made fertile with poetry. 1898 K. Grahame Golden Age xi. 17 The pant and smoke of a distant train. 2004 www.railroaddata.com 26 May (O.E.D. Archive) The creak of wooden floorboards, the smell of cinders, the pant of the steam locomotive—these were the sensations of daily life in our great-grandparents' day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pantn.² Brit. /pant/, U.S. /pænt/, Scottish English /pant/ Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown.In sense 2, a connection has been made by some with post-classical Latin pantanum swamp, bog (from mid 10th cent.; frequently in Italian sources), apparently a word of pre-Indo-European origin; N.E.D. (1904) regards the resemblance as ‘probably fortuitous’. Scottish and English regional (northern). 1. Scottish and English regional (north-eastern) and historical. A public fountain, cistern, or well; esp. a stone or iron construction with a spout, from which water is drawn. Sc. National Dict. (1968) records this sense as in use in southern Scotland in 1965. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > for water > apparatus for drawing water from mains standardc1475 pant1586 standcock1745 standpipe1763 fire main1826 hydrant1828 fire hydrant1838 1586 in J. Barmby Memorials St. Giles's, Durham (1896) 13 Payd for the poore men's dycke that dwell att the pant. 1598 in R. Welford Hist. Newcastle & Gateshead (1887) III. 130 Every street hath his cistern or pant. 1661 Extracts Munic. Accts. Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1848) 58 Paid Mr. Blackett, sherriffe, for a ton of wine which used at the coronation when the pant ran wine, 22l. 1715 T. Craig-Brown Hist. Selkirkshire (1886) II. 90 Subscriptions towards a pant or trough at the Cross well. 1788 Weekly Jrnl. 23 Sept. Last week two women (Sisters), who have been for many years separated, and each totally ignorant of the other's situation or residence, accidentally met at a Pant in Newcastle, far from the place of their birth. 1857 A. Jeffrey Hist. Roxburghshire II. iii. 112 Water was brought from a well in Sudhope-Path to a pant erected for its reception at the Cross. 1884 W. Besant Dorothy Forster (1887) iii. 28 A triangular green, having the village pant at the end. 2006 J. Uglow Nature's Engraver 321 One better-off apprentice refused to take the workshop pitcher to the pant. 2. English regional (north-western). A pool into which water or moisture drains, esp. from a manure heap; a puddle, a sump; spec. a cesspit. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > small body or puddle > [noun] plashlOE pulkc1300 pludc1325 puddlec1390 sumpa1450 flush1487 dub?a1513 plashet1575 pool1596 slab1610 pudge1671 flodge1696 pant1807 pothole1867 push1886 splashet1896 1807 J. Stagg Misc. Poems (new ed.) 15 Lang stretch'd i' th' midden pant. 1808 R. Anderson et al. Ballads in Cumberland Dial. (new ed.) 173 He..stuck in a pant buin the middle. 1899 Speaker 23 Dec. 309/2 Where the water from the pant flows out of the farm-yard under a wall, the grass is soft and green. a1919 W. B. Kendall Forness Word Bk. (Cumbria County Archives, Barrow) (transcript of MS) Pant, a pit; a cess pit. 1997 W. Rollinson Dict. Cumbrian Dial. 119/2 Pant, cesspit. Compounds pant-well n. Scottish (now rare) = sense 1. ΚΠ 1825 J. A. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (1880) III. 438/2 Some of this description were arched, as the old Pant-well at Selkirk. 1857 A. Jeffrey Hist. Roxburghshire III. i. 12 A huge and unseemly pantwell, surmounted by a lamp stood in one corner. 1913 Kelso Chron. 21 Feb. 4 I've read yon Jamie Dickson chiel Wi' some auld pant-well played the deil Syne tae the polis showed clear heel In holy fear. 1998 D. Purves tr. Du Fu Kintrie Cothouss in Lallans No. 52. 10 The weeds growes owre the pant wal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pantn.³ Brit. /pant/, U.S. /pænt/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: pantaloon n. Etymology: Shortened < pantaloon n. Compare slightly later pants n. Formerly: †a trouser leg; = pantleg n. (obsolete). Now (originally U.S.): a pair of trousers; = pants n. 1a.In current sense chiefly used in the retail clothing industry. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > parts of > leg pant1832 pantleg1854 trousers1862 pants leg1880 1832 Mrs. Carmichael-Smyth Let. 29 Nov. in G. N. Ray Lett. W. M. Thackeray (1945) I. 259 The poor knee would be spared much risk if y^r Aunt Forrest could put some kind of padding..inside of the pantaloon, in a manner that the pant wont be tightened thereby. 1893 H. A. Shands Some Peculiarities Speech Mississippi 49 Pant.., an abbreviation of pantaloons, used by clerks in dry-goods stores. They say: ‘I have a pant that I can sell you,’ etc. Of course, pants is a well-known abbreviation, but I think pant is rather a new word. 1894 Gloss. Terms Evid. Royal Comm. Labour 40/2 in Parl. Papers 1893–4 (C. 7063–VC) XXXVIII. 411 Some of the loops are removed to narrow the stocking or pant at the ankle. 1962 L. L. Bean Catal. Spring 10 A practical and well made pant for general sportswear. 1963 Democrat (St. Kitts) 3 Aug. 10 In the pocket of the pant was a wallet containing $5. 1991 Incentive Today Oct. 19 (advt.) The 962 combines beautifully with our athletic cut 950 jogging pant in the same heavy sweat fabric. Compounds C1. General attributive. pant-look n. ΚΠ 1970 Women's Wear Daily 23 Nov. 31/2 I think another pant look will take over. C2. pantcoat n. a woman's short coat designed for wearing with trousers. ΚΠ 1970 N.Y. Post 16 Dec. 6 Pantcoat, on duty for wintry weather and for city traffic. 1998 Chicago Tribune 13 Feb. iv. 12 (advt.) 50% Off Our Original Low Prices! Designer Coats, Fur-Trimmed Coats,..Parkas, Pant Coats, Bombers and more! pantdress n. a woman's garment, similar to a dress but with a divided skirt. ΚΠ 1964 Women's Wear Daily 30 Nov. 44 Julie Isles..likes the pantdress that stops just above the knee. 1968 N.Y. Times 15 July 43 This time, it is a more coordinated trend—pant-skirts, pant-dresses, pant-suits, tops and pants and so on. pantskirt n. a divided skirt. ΚΠ 1964 Times 3 Aug. 11 The pants and pantskirt as shown by Marc Bohan at Dior are for the country and around the house. 2000 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 26 Sept. b5 Chanel director of public relations Anny Kazanjian with model wearing ruffled blouse and pantskirt and ping pong pearls. pantsuit n. = trouser suit n.. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > set or suit of clothes > [noun] > for specific people > for women > trouser suit trouser suit1898 slack suit1940 pants suit1964 pantsuit1964 1964 N.Y. Herald Tribune 20 Sept. ii. 1 Suddenly pants, in a new version called the pantsuit, star in fashion shows. They have become high fashion. 2000 Country Music People May 19/1 Stylishly garbed in a sleeveless black pantsuit set off by a gold belt and that striking red hair. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pantn.⁴ Brit. /pant/, U.S. /pænt/, Scottish English /pant/, Irish English /pænt/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: pantomime n. Etymology: Shortened < pantomime n. Scottish and Irish English (northern). 1. A lark, a bit of fun; a prank, a caper. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > a frolic oliprancec1390 ragerya1393 vague1523 rex1566 friskin1570 gambol1573 reak1573 prank1576 vagary1588 whirligig1589 caper1592 prinkum-prankum1596 firk1611 frolica1635 carryings-on1663 ramp1696 romp1713 freak1724 scheme1758 rig1782 lark1811 escapade1814 gammock1819 gambade1821 enfantillage1827 game1828 shines1830 rollick1834 rusty1835 high jinksa1845 escapado1849 shenanigan1855 rum-tum1876 panta1901 gas1914 a1901 J. B. Salmond Bawbee Bowden (1922) xii. 102 Haud your tongue! It wudda been a richt pant, an' nae mistak; wuddin't? 1904 ‘H. Foulis’ Erchie x ‘Right,’ says Duffy, ‘bring you Jinnet and I'll tak' my wife, and we'll hae a rale pant.’ 1951 H. W. Pryde Maisie McFlannel's Romance 17 Whitna pant we had one night imitatin' the sergeant-major pittin' us through wur paces, when in he walked. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 246/2 Pant, a lark, a frolic; an enjoyable occasion. 2. Irish English (northern). Talk, rumour. Also: a source of news or gossip; an entertaining person. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] > tale-bearer rounderOE blabc1374 tale-teller1377 clatterer1388 tittlerc1400 talebearer1478 whisterer1519 whisperer1547 telltale1548 tattler1549 clatterfart1552 tale-carrier1552 babbler?1555 gossip1566 gossiper1568 carry-tale1577 mumble-news1598 twitter1598 buzzer1604 blob-talea1670 gadabout1757 tell-pie1771 circulator1792 clype1825 windjammer1880 tattle-tale1889 panta1908 clatfarta1930 a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 207/1 That's the pant that's going through the country. 1928 P. O'Donnell Islanders 35 I knew Dan'd be a pant. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 246/2 Pant, someone with something interesting to relate, someone with a lot of news; an entertaining person; talk; rumour. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pantv. Brit. /pant/, U.S. /pænt/ Forms: Middle English pante, Middle English– pant, late Middle English pont, 1500s–1600s paunt, 1600s paint (probably transmission error); also Scottish pre-1700 panetand (present participle). Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: French pantiser. Etymology: Apparently shortened < (or perhaps < a shortened variant of) Anglo-Norman pantiser, panteiser, pantoiser to pant and Old French, Middle French, French †pantiser (12th cent. in Old French; in Old French also pantaisier , pantoisier ; compare Middle French pantaiser (16th cent.), Middle French, French †pantaiser (16th cent.)) to tremble, to pant < an unattested post-classical Latin borrowing < Hellenistic Greek ϕαντασιοῦν to bring images before the mind < ancient Greek ϕαντασία fantasy n. Compare Old Occitan pantaizar, pantaisar, pantaiar to dream, to have a nightmare, Sicilian pantasciari to be oppressed, Calabrian pantasiari to disquiet, trouble, Catalan pantaixar to be oppressed, or out of breath with emotion. Compare also post-classical Latin phantasiare (also phantasiari) to dream, to fancy, imagine (14th cent. in British sources).The English verb perhaps arose through misapprehension of the form pantiser as showing a stem pant- and the suffix iser -ize suffix; a similar development in French is apparently reflected by Old French pantoillier, Middle French pantoier, Middle French, French panteler, all in sense ‘to pant’. 1. a. intransitive. To breathe hard with quick, short breaths, as from exertion, heat, or agitation; to gasp for breath. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (intransitive)] > become short of breath > pant fnastc1000 puffc1300 pantc1350 fnesec1386 blowc1440 bluster1530 pech1538 pantlea1626 pank1669 heave1679 fuff1721 pipe1814 huff1881 c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 5* Femme teinge et suspire, Woman pantyth and sykyth. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 381 Pantyn, anelo. ?a1475 (a1396) W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (Harl. 6579) ii. xxxv. f. 113 (MED) Summe louers of god..streyn hem selfyn þurgh grete violence & panten so strongly þat þei bresten in to bodily feruours. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 173 (MED) War! I say, lett me pant; now thynk I to fyght ffor anger. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. v. 20 He semyt porturyt pantand for the hete. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 288 They blowe, and pant like discomfited souldiers. ?1592 J. Manwood Brefe Coll. Lawes Forest 5 (margin) He that doth hunt a wilde beast, & doth make him paunt, shall pay 10. shillings. 1668 J. Owen Nature Indwelling-sin ix. 131 They brought their Offerings or Sacrifices on their shoulders, which they pretended wearyed them, and they panted and blowed as men ready to faint under them. 1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 509 He pants, he sobs apall'd; Drops down his heavy Head to Earth. 1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 537 Nereids or Dryads, as the fashion leads, Now in the floods, now panting in the meads. 1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited i. 13 Rather than pay three-pence to one of the men on the quays, they stumbled, and panted, and pushed, under a load which was heavier than it need to have been. 1873 E. E. Hale In his Name vi. 49 The poor beast he rode came panting into the crowd. 1914 E. von Arnim Pastor's Wife xv. 167 On the terrace a dog was lying panting, with its tongue out. 1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xvi. 137 The attendant, still panting a little from his exertions. b. intransitive. To go or run breathing quickly and heavily from exertion.figurative in quot. 1713. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (intransitive)] > go panting panta1635 puff1765 a1635 T. Randolph Poems (1652) 88 You Father on his forked top sit still, And see us panting up so steep a hill. 1713 E. Young Poem on Last Day i. 16 Words all in vain Pant after the Distress. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 94 As a hare..Pants to the place from whence at first he flew. 1851 H. B. Edwardes Year on Punjab Frontier I. 30 When all your fat Punjabee dogs are panting in vain after the hare. 1871 R. Browning Balaustion 5 We could hear behind us plain the threats And curses of the pirate panting up In..passion of pursuit. 1958 P. Kemp No Colours or Crest (1960) i. 8 Greta..panted upstairs from the kitchen. 1986 L. Garfield December Rose iii. 18 He scuttled away at a tremendous rate, and Mister Roberts, cursing the greed of his helpers, limped and panted after his bolting boy. c. intransitive. figurative (chiefly poetic). Applied to the wind or waves. Now Newfoundland and rare. ΚΠ 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 xcviii. 25 Weary waves, withdrawing from the fight, Lie lull'd and panting on the silent shore. 1717 A. Pope Eloisa to Abelard in Wks. 425 The dying gales that pant upon the trees. 1782 W. Cowper Expostulation in Poems 721 A cold blast sings Through the dry leaves, and pants upon the strings. 1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to West Wind iv, in Prometheus Unbound 191 If I were..A wave to pant beneath thy power, and share The impulse of thy strength. 1924 G. A. England Vikings of Ice 114 The air shimmered over the ice that gleamed above the slow swells and opening breadths of sea. The ocean, as Newfoundlanders say, was ‘panting’. d. intransitive. Of a furnace, bellows, engine, etc.: to emit air or steam in loud, regular puffs. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > engine sound > [verb (intransitive)] pant1735 chug1896 teuf-teuf1902 put-put1905 chug-chug1907 chuff1914 chuff-chuff1914 putter1937 phut-phut1939 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > as a vapour reekOE transpire1598 evapour1615 evaporatea1626 exhalea1628 to cast off1674 perspire1680 pant1735 1735 A. Pope Satires of Donne ii. 20 Heav'd by the breath th' inspiring Bellows blow; Th' inspiring Bellows lie and pant below. 1743 J. Davidson tr. Virgil Æneid viii. 250 The fire in the furnace pants. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 98 Not a steam-boat pants from harbour. 1992 R. MacNeil Burden of Desire iv. 440 The awed children saw two giant steam engines, coupled together, grind in, panting as though exhausted. 2. intransitive. Chiefly poetic. Of the heart, bosom, etc.: to throb or heave violently or rapidly, esp. with strong emotion; to pulsate. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > circulation > pulsation > [verb (intransitive)] > types of pulsation panta1500 leap1526 throb1542 vermiculate1706 flutter1714 wallop1766 thump1785 rise1819 race1853 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 259 (MED) I shall fownde, if that I may..To cause his hart pante. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxxvii[i]. 10 My hert paunteth, my strength hath fayled me. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie P 68 To pant as the hart, or brayne doth... My vaines dooe beate or pant. 1608 Merry Devil Edmonton in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) X. 228 His blood is good and clear, As the best drop that panteth in thy veins. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 103 Whom reeking hote, with heart yet panting, they greedily devoured. 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 473 A breast that panted with alarms. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci ii. ii. 34 Her very name, But spoken by a stranger, makes my heart Sicken and pant. 1897 F. Thompson New Poems 48 For Earth's bosom pants, and heaves her scarfing sea. 1930 P. Colum Coll. Poems (1953) 195 The heart pants, The joints fail; Almost the bones break. 3. intransitive. To gasp after or for (air, water, etc.), esp. in to pant for breath. Frequently figurative: to long or wish with breathless eagerness; to gasp with desire; to yearn for, after, or to do something. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > desire strongly or eagerly [verb (intransitive)] famish1535 gape1552 to gasp for1553 pant1560 mantle1657 1560 Bible (Geneva) Psalms xlii. 1 As the hart braieth for the riuers of water, so panteth my soule after thee o God. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxiv. 239 I pant for life. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms xlii. 1 As the Hart panteth after the water brookes, so panteth my soule after thee, O God. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 423 Here Pluto pants for Breath. 1721 E. Young Revenge v. ii When all the bliss I pant for, is to gain In hell a refuge from severer pain. 1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 476 He..Pants to be told of battles won or lost. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. vii. 126 Her sister, panting for breath, came up with him. View more context for this quotation 1822 Ld. Byron Werner i. i 'Tis to be amongst these sovereigns My husband pants! 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It App. C. 589 He continued to beat me with all his great force, until absolutely weary, exhausted and panting for breath. 1954 I. Murdoch Under Net xiv. 197 Stop acting..you're panting for that money. 1989 M. Dobbs House of Cards (BNC) 329 He was panting for breath from physical and nervous exhaustion. 1993 Time 18 Jan. 47/1 The consumer electronics industry is panting after something called the ‘universal box’. 4. transitive. To utter gaspingly or breathlessly. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > breathily puff1576 pant1608 gaspa1616 whiff1765 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 210 Came there a reeking Post,..halfe breathles, panting [1623 painting] forth From Gonorill his mistris, salutations. View more context for this quotation 1778 F. Burney Evelina II. xv. 123 ‘No,—no,—no—’ I panted out, ‘I am no actress.’ 1865 S. Ferguson Lays W. Gael 120 And thick and loud the swinking crowd at every stroke pant ‘ho!’ 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxviii. 98 ‘I shall let myself marry him—I cannot help it!’ she jealously panted, with her hot face to the pillow that night. 1939 A. Ransome Secret Water xxi. 250 ‘It's just the wind we want,’ panted Daisy swigging on her halyard. 1991 Rage 13 Feb. (Sex Suppl) 18/2 Madonna wore white and panted she was ‘Like A Virgin’. 5. transitive. poetic. To expel forth or out with agitated breaths or spasms; to emit in pulses. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (transitive)] > pant pant?1624 ?1624 G. Chapman tr. Βατραχομυομαχια in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 5 His heart within him panted out repose, For th' insolent plight in which his state did stand. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iii. iii. 109 My spirit Was panted forth in anguish whilst thy pain Made my heart mad. 1930 R. Campbell Adamastor 91 Like a ruby panting fire, The grape will redden on your fingers Through the lit crystal of the cup. †6. intransitive. Shipbuilding. Of a ship: to have the iron plating of the hull bulge in and out with the pressure of waves. Cf. panting n.¹ 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > pitch and roll travaila1393 totterc1400 walterc1400 labour1587 senda1625 to bruise the water1836 stagger1840 pant1869 to walk turkey1888 pound1903 slam1958 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [verb (intransitive)] > be strained (of timbers or hull) > of plates pant1869 1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding i. 12 Instances..of ships ‘panting’ in their fore compartments. 1889 J. J. Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. 160 The comparatively flat plates at the ends are likely to pant (i.e. move in and out under it [sc. water pressure]), which could cause leaky rivets. 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 67 In the fore body and aft body there is much strutting and bracing, to prevent the new ship ‘panting’ in her struggles with the waves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹?a1513n.²1586n.³1832n.⁴a1901v.c1350
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