Answer to "Breathy sound" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PANT , but the solution may also be SIGH which is one of the most recent solution (2008 in USA Today).

Breathy sound crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
PANT	40 %	4
GASP	40 %	4
SIGH	10 %	4
SPIRANT	10 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Breathy sound

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• gasp
• pant
• sigh
• quena
• bray
• phew
• eyre
• phonal
• creaky
• dysphonia
• guttural
• hoarse

Crossword Answer definitions

PANT noun

1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
2. Eager longing.
3. A violent palpitation of the heart.

PANT verb

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. To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
3. To long for (something); to be eager for (something).
4. Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
5. To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
6. To heave, as the breast.
7. To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc.

PANT noun

1. A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).
2. (used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to pants.

PANT noun

1. (Scotland and northeast England) Any public drinking fountain.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result PANT

• Huff and puff
• Respire, doggie-style
• Breathe hard
• Gasp for breath
• Gasp in lust, say
• Breathe heavily
• Act like a hot dog
• Blow hard?
• Gasp
• Suck wind

More clues leading to the result GASP

• Reaction of surprise
• Post-aerobics breath, perhaps
• Shocked reaction
• Shocking reaction
• Breathe laboriously
• Express surprise
• Wheeze
• Pant
• Sound from one who was underwater too long
• Shocked sound

More clues leading to the result SIGH

• "Bunuel's "The Last __"
• Deep breath
• Sound of relief
• Sound of lamentation
• [Here we go again]
• Wistful sound
• Unexpressed "Alas"
• Unuttered "Alas"
• Sound of nostalgia
• Act relieved

More clues leading to the result SPIRANT

• Talent show contestant
• Consonant such as "f" or "v"
• A consonant such as "S."
• Breathy sound.
• Consonantal sound.
• Speech sound
• Fricative