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Meaning of PALPITANT

Pronunciation:  'palpitunt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  having a slight and rapid trembling motion; "a fluttering heartbeat"; "palpitant movements rather than violent eruptions"; "my palpitating heart"
 
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 Synonyms: fluttering, palpitating, unsteady
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pal"pi*tant\, a. [L. palpitans, p. pr.]
Palpitating; throbbing; trembling. --Carlyle.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: beating, clicking, drumming, fluttering, pitapat, pounding, pulsatile, pulsating, pulsative, pulsatory, pulsing, rhythmic, spattering, spluttering, sputtering, staccato, throbbing, thrumming, thumping, ticking
 

 

 

 

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