(transitive, intransitive) 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.

A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation. / (figuratively) Eager longing.

(fashion) A pair of pants (trousers or underpants). / (used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to pants.

(Scotland and northeast England) Any public drinking fountain.

A surname. / A river in Essex, England, which forms the upper part of the Blackwater. / A village in Merthyr Tydfil county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO0609).

Alternative form of panto-

(chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore, Cumbria, Lancashire, Liverpudlian, Manchester) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.

plural of pant

(Britain, slang) Of inferior quality, rubbish.

To pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants.