palpitate
verb/ˈpælpɪteɪt/
/ˈpælpɪteɪt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they palpitate | /ˈpælpɪteɪt/ /ˈpælpɪteɪt/ |
| he / she / it palpitates | /ˈpælpɪteɪts/ /ˈpælpɪteɪts/ |
| past simple palpitated | /ˈpælpɪteɪtɪd/ /ˈpælpɪteɪtɪd/ |
| past participle palpitated | /ˈpælpɪteɪtɪd/ /ˈpælpɪteɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form palpitating | /ˈpælpɪteɪtɪŋ/ /ˈpælpɪteɪtɪŋ/ |
- (of the heart) to beat rapidly and/or in an irregular way especially because of fear or excitement
- He was aware of his palpitating heart.
- Her heart was palpitating wildly.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPalpitate is used with these nouns as the subject:- heart
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin palpitat- ‘patted’, from the verb palpitare, frequentative of palpare ‘touch gently’.Want to learn more?
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