When he just looks at me, my heart begins to palpitate with excitement.
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Palpitate
//ˈpælpɪteɪt//
Synonyms for "palpitate" (82 found)
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Translations
20 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- бия verb (of the heart: to beat strongly or rapidly)
- пулсирам verb (of the heart: to beat strongly or rapidly)
- треперя verb (to shake tremulously)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 悸動 /悸动 verb (of the heart: to beat strongly or rapidly)
- 顫抖 /颤抖 verb (to shake tremulously)
Finnish
4 entries- aiheuttaa tykytystä verb (to cause to beat strongly or rapidly)
- hakata verb (of the heart: to beat strongly or rapidly)
- hytistä verb (to shake tremulously)
- jyskyttää verb (of the heart: to beat strongly or rapidly)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- palpita verb (of the heart: to beat strongly or rapidly)
- palpita verb (to shake tremulously)
Māori
4 entries- hotohoto verb (of the heart: to beat strongly or rapidly)
- huahuaki verb (of the heart: to beat strongly or rapidly)
- kakapa verb (of the heart: to beat strongly or rapidly)
- kapakapatū verb (of the heart: to beat strongly or rapidly)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The allergy medicine palpitates my heart.
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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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“Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.[…]”
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