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heart-throbbing

heart-throbbing adjective: with the heart beating quickly from exertion or emotional reaction to a situation; causing the heart to beat so.

Adjective

heart-throbbing (not comparable)

  1. With the heart beating quickly from exertion or emotional reaction to a situation; causing the heart to beat so.
    • [A]t first the slightest suggestion of approach drove us into the scullery in heart-throbbing retreat.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 217

Questions about heart-throbbing

What does heart-throbbing mean?
Heart-throbbing means with the heart beating quickly from exertion or emotional reaction to a situation; causing the heart to beat so.
What part of speech is heart-throbbing?
Heart-throbbing is an adjective.

Words near heart-throbbing in the dictionary

  1. heart-stirring
  2. heart-stopper
  3. heart-stoppers
  4. heart-stopping
  5. heart-stoppingly
  6. heart-throbbing
  7. heart-thumping
  8. heart-to-heart
  9. heart-to-hearts
  10. heart-touchin'
  11. heart-touching

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