palpitate

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: pal=pi=tate

CIDE DICTIONARY

palpitate, v. i. [L. palpitare, palpitatum, v. intens. fr. pappare. See Palpable.].

 To beat rapidly and more strongly than usual; to throb; to bound with emotion or exertion; to pulsate violently; to flutter; -- said specifically of the heart when its action is abnormal, as from excitement.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

palpitate, v.intr.
1 pulsate, throb.
2 tremble.

Derivative

palpitant adj.

Etymology

L palpitare frequent. of palpare touch gently

THESAURUS

palpitate

beat, beat a ruffle, beat a tattoo, bicker, dance, drum, fidget, flap, flick, flicker, flip, flip out, flit, flitter, flop, flutter, freak out on, get high on, glow, go pitapat, gutter, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave, jerk, pant, patter, pitter-patter, pound, pulsate, pulse, quake, quaver, quiver, roll, ruffle, shake, shiver, slat, sound a tattoo, splatter, splutter, sputter, squirm, swell, swell with emotion, thrill, thrill to, throb, thrum, thump, tick, ticktock, tingle, tingle with excitement, toss, toss and turn, tremble, tumble, turn on to, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, wave, waver, wiggle, wriggle, writhe

ROGET THESAURUS

palpitate

Feeling

VB feel, receive an impression, be impressed with, entertain feeling, harbor feeling, cherish feeling, respond, catch the flame, catch the infection, enter the spirit of, bear, suffer, support, sustain, endure, thole, aby, abide, experience, taste, prove, labor under, smart under, bear the brunt of, brave, stand, swell, glow, warm, flush, blush, change color, mantle, turn color, turn pale, turn red, turn black in the face, tingle, thrill, heave, pant, throb, palpitate, go pitapat, tremble, quiver, flutter, twitter, shake, be agitated, be excited, look blue, look black, wince, draw a deep breath, impress.

Agitation

VB be agitated, shake, tremble, tremble like an aspen leaf, quiver, quaver, quake, shiver, twitter, twire, writhe, toss, shuffle, tumble, stagger, bob, reel, sway, wag, waggle, wriggle, wriggle like an eel, dance, stumble, shamble, flounder, totter, flounce, flop, curvet, prance, cavort, squirm, throb, pulsate, beat, palpitate, go pitapat, flutter, flitter, flicker, bicker, bustle, ferment, effervesce, foam, boil, boil over, bubble up, simmer, toss about, jump about, jump like a parched pea, shake like an aspen leaf, shake to its center, shake to its foundations, be the sport of the winds and waves, reel to and fro like a drunken man, move from post to pillar and from pillar to post, drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post, keep between hawk and buzzard, agitate, shake, convulse, toss, tumble, bandy, wield, brandish, flap, flourish, whisk, jerk, hitch, jolt, jog, joggle, jostle, buffet, hustle, disturb, stir, shake up, churn, jounce, wallop, whip, vellicate.