Panting meaning : 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. To long eagerly; to desire earnestly. To long for (something); to be eager for (something). Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate. To sigh; to flutter; to languish. To heave, as the breast. To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc. The act of one who pants.