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How to pronounce palpitate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms flutter
Type of thump, beat, pound
Derivation palpitant, palpitation


His heart palpitated.
Type Words
Synonyms quake, quiver
Type of tremble
Derivation palpitant, palpitation


His nostrils palpitated.
Type Words
Type of shake, agitate
Verb group flutter
Derivation palpitant, palpitation


Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart.

Examples of palpitate

palpitate
For example someone has three cups of coffee, making their heart palpitate.
From the express.co.uk
Her heart began to palpitate oddly, beating too fast and building up to what felt like miniature heart attacks.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Democrats and the Clinton re-election machine would palpitate with excitement watching the threesome standing like Olympians on the medals platform.
From the time.com
They are not themes that will palpitate the hearts of conservatives, and whether he would be a better president than McCain cannot yet be fully calculated.
From the kansas.com
More examples
  • Cause to throb or beat rapidly; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart"
  • Quiver: shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated"
  • (palpitating) palpitant: having a slight and rapid trembling motion; "palpitant movements rather than violent eruptions"; "my palpitating heart"
  • (palpitation) a rapid and irregular heart beat
  • (palpitation) shaking: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe"
  • (Palpitates) A palpitation is an abnormality of heartbeat that causes a conscious awareness of its beating, whether it is too slow, too fast, irregular, or at its normal frequency. The word may also refer to this sensation itself. ...
  • To throb, beat strongly
  • (Palpitation) Irregular beating of the heart.
  • (Palpitation) is a pounding or racing heart