1. Breathing heavily (as after exertion)
   "After the marathon, you could hear the heavy panting";
   - heaving
    
2. [N. Amer] Fabric used to make trousers
   "The tailor selected a durable panting fabric for the suit";
   - trousering [Brit]

1. Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
   "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily";
   - puff, gasp, heave
    
2. Utter while panting, as if out of breath
   "He panted his explanation after running to catch up"
    
3. [informal] Desire strongly or persistently
   "The children panted after the ice cream truck";
   - hanker, long, yearn

Derived forms: pantings

Type of: blow, breathing, cloth, desire, emit, external respiration, fabric, let loose, let out, material, respiration, textile, utter, ventilation, want

Encyclopedia: Panting