meaning of panta
1. 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.
2. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
3. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart.
4. To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
5. To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.
6. To long for; to be eager after.
7. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
8. A violent palpitation of the heart.
9. a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she gave a gasp and
">fainted"
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