pant

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to breathe quickly and heavily, as after exertion

   The dog began to pant in the afternoon heat.

From late Middle English panten, probably from Old French pantaisier 'to gasp, pant', from Vulgar Latin phantasiare 'to be oppressed by nightmares', from Greek phantasioun 'to have visions', from phantasia 'imagination'.

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