heart-pounding

heart-pounding adjective: causing the heart to pound; dramatically exciting or shocking.

Adjective

heart-pounding (comparative more heart-pounding, superlative most heart-pounding)

Causing the heart to pound; dramatically exciting or shocking.
- The anguish, the numb misery, of believing that his beloved, Kahlan had been executed, had evaporated in a heart-pounding instant the day before...1996, Terry Goodkind, Blood of the Fold
- A simple bump in the road, an unexpected noise, a shadow, or flash of light triggered a heart-pounding, tire-screeching turnaround back to the scene...2005, Bruce M Hyman, Cherry Pedrick, The OCD Workbook

Christina Culhane maintained a heart-pounding pace until she broke her stride to glance at her plastic Swatch.2006, Jill St Anne, The Italian Connection:
In the early days, you may even experience a heart-pounding nightmare or two about being separated from your baby or your baby falling off a balcony...2007, Sandy Jones, Marcie Jones, Michael Crocetti, Baby's First Year:

comparative	more heart-pounding
superlative	most heart-pounding

What does heart-pounding mean?: Heart-pounding means causing the heart to pound; dramatically exciting or shocking.
What is heart-pounding in Tamil?: Heart-pounding in Tamil is தேளை (tēḷai). See Heart-pounding meaning in Tamil.
How do you use heart-pounding in a sentence?: Christina Culhane maintained a heart-pounding pace until she broke her stride to glance at her plastic Swatch.
What part of speech is heart-pounding?: Heart-pounding is an adjective.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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