Synonyms for Panting (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (any fabric used to make trousers):
trousering
WordNet sense 2 (breathing heavily (as after exertion)):
heaving
WordNet sense 3 (breathing laboriously or convulsively):
blown, short-winded, winded, gasping, pursy, winded
WordNet sense 4 (not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty):
breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic
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