pant

1. 1.

   the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)

   Broadernoise
2. 2.

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

   “he had a sharp crease in his trousers”

   Synonymstrouserspair of trousers

   Broadergarment

   Narrowerbellbottom trousersbreecheschinoschuridarscordsflanneljeansjodhpurslong trouserspajama

   Partship pocketlaplegpant legseatslide fastener

   plural

3. 3.

   a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open

   “she gave a gasp and fainted”

   Synonymsgasp

   Broaderinhalation

1. 1.

   breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

   “The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily”

   Synonymspuffgaspheave

   Broaderblow
2. 2.

   utter while panting, as if out of breath

   Broaderutter

Other forms of pant

plural

pants·

past tense

panted·

present participle

panting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pant

What does pant mean?

pant means "the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pant?

pant has 1 syllable: pant. In IPA it is /ˈpænt/.

What is another word for pant?

Close synonyms include trousers, pair of trousers, gasp, puff, gasp. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pant a common word?

pant is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.