0 present participle of pant
1 to breathe quickly and loudly through your mouth, usually because you have been doing something very energetic:
In other words, unlike the norm for humans, chimpanzees breathe in and out as they produce a breathy, panting laughter.
The panting sounds of chimpanzee laughter later came to symbolize ("ritualize") the labored panting of the physical play even in the absence of physical exertion.
In bonobos, peep sequences are among the most important vocalizations, and croaks, muffled barks, and panting laughs are used mainly by young individuals.
Historians and political scientists interested in integration have had difficulty keeping up with all these developments, are indeed left panting in their wake.
We are all panting to hear the real interpretation of "majority rule".
But is he not panting to take part in a secret ballot for the leadership of his own party?
The fact that the higher standards cannot accomplish all that they ought, is not the fault of the teachers, who are panting for opportunity.
It used to be a sad thing to see men panting with what was called pneumoconiosis, not knowing what was the matter with them.
