Pant

1. To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
2. 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.
3. A violent palpitation of the heart.
4. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
5. To long for; to be eager after.
6. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
7. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart.
8. To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.