palpitate
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈpælpɪteɪt/
Verb

palpitate (palpitates, present participle palpitating; past and past participle palpitated)

  1. (intransitive) To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart.
    When he just looks at me, my heart begins to palpitate with excitement.
  2. (transitive) To cause to beat strongly or rapidly.
    The allergy medicine palpitates my heart.
  3. (intransitive) To shake tremulously
    • 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: Printed [by Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], OCLC 731622352 ↗:
      I was now so bruised, so batter'd, so spent with this over-match, that I could hardly stir, or raise myself, but lay palpitating
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