Palpitation
[pælpɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n] or [,pælpə'teʃən]
Definition
(n.) A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease.
Typed by Doreen
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Throbbing, fluttering, beating, pulsation, throb.
Edited by Anselm
Examples
- Mr. Casaubon, who had risen early complaining of palpitation, was in the library giving audience to his curate Mr. Tucker. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- So, there was a double palpitation among the double stocks and double wall-flowers, when the master and the boy looked over the little gate. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Old woman; full feeder; nervous subject; palpitation of the heart; pressure on the brain; apoplexy; off she goes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Checker: Norris