Associations to the word «Palpitate»

Wiktionary

PALPITATE, verb. (intransitive) To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart.
PALPITATE, verb. (transitive) To cause to beat strongly or rapidly.
PALPITATE, verb. (intransitive) To shake tremulously

Dictionary definition

PALPITATE, verb. Cause to throb or beat rapidly; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart".
PALPITATE, verb. Shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated".
PALPITATE, verb. Beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope