The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PANTS which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Breathes heavily crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PANTS | 100 % | 5 |
Why may PANTS be the right solution?
The word "pants" can mean to breathe heavily, especially after physical exertion. It is a common expression used to describe someone who is out of breath.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Breathes heavily
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- panting
- gasping
- wheezing
- huffing
- puffing
- flatus
- hiccup
- huff
- puff
- aspirate
- bladdery
- cough
Crossword Answer definitions
PANTS noun- (Manchester) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.
- An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants.
- Rubbish; something worthless.
- Of inferior quality, rubbish.
- To pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants.
- A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
- Eager longing.
- A violent palpitation of the heart.
- A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).
- (used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to pants.
- (Scotland and northeast England) Any public drinking fountain.
- 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.
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