panting
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2.6
- noun
- /ˈpæntɪŋ/
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jadeo
- The dog was panting heavily after chasing the ball in the park.
- gasping and panting
- heavy panting
- panting dog
Dogs do not sweat, they cool themselves by panting.
- Dogs do not sweat, they cool themselves by panting.
Examples
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While most other women surrendered their breath capacities to whalebone corsets, the panting, cycling woman was a deviant.
Academic text (2012) -
I can hear him panting like an athlete.
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When Mrs. Shaw picked up the phone, he made panting noises, and she laughed at him.
Fiction book (1997) -
Then she held a child, small and panting, its tiny arms winding around her neck.
Fiction book (1995) -
And except for the soft panting breaths of the others, the marsh was quiet.
Fiction book (1991) -
Through open windows, they hear the panting rumble of a truck drawn up at the curb.
Fiction book (1997) -
So I had driven away with a panting, slobbering dog in my backseat.
Fiction book (1997) -
Several NEWSIES loiter near the gates as DAVID runs up, panting, and looks into the courtyard.
Fiction book (1992) -
No words passed, only Sterrit's panting bursts of laughter and the murmur of the woman.
Fiction book (1993) -
Then the wolfhound bitch raises her head, panting, and glares with malice into her private darkness.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
2
4.6
Difficulty breathing that makes you feel you cannot get enough air
2
4.6
Heavy, loud breathing after hard exercise or strong feeling
How Breathless
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word panting comes from the simple sound-word pant, which copies the short, gasping noise people and animals make when they breathe fast. So panting means 'breathing quickly and heavily', usually after exercise or when excited.