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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pan \Pan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Panned; p. pr. & vb. n. Panning.] 1. (Mining) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] We . . . witnessed the process of cleaning up and panning out, which is the last process of separating the pure gold from the fine dirt and black sand. --Gen. W. T. Sherman. [1913 Webster] 2. To criticise (a drama or literary work) harshly. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

panning \pan"ning\, n. The act or process in which heavier ores are concentrated by agitating a sample of crushed ore under water in a shallow pan, thus washing away the lighter particles from the sample; as, panning for gold. See pan[1], v. t. and pan[1], v. i. [PJC]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

45 Moby Thesaurus words for "panning": banter, bantering, booing, catcalling, chaffing, derision, derisive, derisory, fleering, flippancy, flippant, fooling, grinning, hissing, hooting, jeering, joshing, kidding, leering, levity, mockery, mocking, quizzical, ragging, railing, raillery, rallying, razzing, ridicule, ridiculing, roasting, scoffing, smart, smart-aleckiness, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smartness, smirking, sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, taunting, teasing, twitting