PALPITATE
(verb) beat rapidly
"His heart palpitated"
synonyms : flutter(verb) shake with fast, tremulous movements
"His nostrils palpitated"
synonyms : quake , quiver(verb) cause to throb or beat rapidly
"Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart"
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Mnemonics for palpitate
(Tag: ) palpitate-split it as pal+pit...my pal(frnd) fell on a pit, as a result of which my heart started to BEAT RAPIDLY
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(Tag: ) palpitate = pulse + agitate.. generally heart beat faster in fear
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(Tag: cricket) split it into palpi ->PAAPI and tate ->australian bowler shaun TATE. as tate delivers a ball at a very high pace so the batsman aginst him starts palpitating as of fear.
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(Tag: ) palpitation..you may have often heard doctors..cardiologists using this word in case of heart attacks patients..
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(Tag: ) when my turn came to address the gathering from PULPIT, my heart BEAT IRREGULARLY because of FEAR, or ANXIETY.
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(Tag: Eng) kinda sounds like Pulse Per Iteration->Pulse per second->Beating of the heart in each iteration(each heart beat)
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(Tag: Hindi) PAL(friend/dost) + PIT(mar khana in hindi) gaya so watching him ur heart THROBBED. therefore PALPITATE= THROB or FLUTTER.
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(Tag: ) palpitate and sound similar to heartbeated means heart beat.when you get excited ur heart get bea erraticlly.
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(Tag: English) PALPIATE- pulp- he -ate of fruit , good for heart, heart started to THROB after he took pulp, because that gives instant energy
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(Tag: ) How do u create PULP(palp).. by beating wood hardly...
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