From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpant for something phrasal verbWANTto want something very much He came in panting for a cup of tea. → pant→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
pant for • He pants for a minute against the wall with his eyes shut.• Her ribcage seemed too small and she panted for air.• He continues to pant for breath.• He felt sure the girls were creaming their pants for him.• She got hot pants for this guy twice her age. 