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palpitating

palpitating adjective: very exciting. Also the present participle and gerund of palpitate.

Adjective

palpitating (comparative more palpitating, superlative most palpitating)

  1. Very exciting
    • The circus, therefore, took on the proportions of a high holy day in my personal calendar and, just as I lived from Christmas to Christmas, I lived from circus to circus with equal palpitating anticipation.1983 December 24, Nancy Walker, “Pachyderms: A Delightful Regression”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 14

Also used as

palpitating is also the present participle and gerund of palpitate.

Forms of palpitating

comparativemore palpitating
superlativemost palpitating

Words formed from palpitating

Questions about palpitating

What does palpitating mean?
Palpitating means very exciting.
What part of speech is palpitating?
Palpitating is an adjective.

Words near palpitating in the dictionary

  1. palpitancy
  2. palpitant
  3. palpitate
  4. palpitated
  5. palpitates
  6. palpitating
  7. palpitatingly
  8. palpitation
  9. palpitations
  10. palpless
  11. PALplus

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