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pulsating

pulsating adjective: very exciting. Also the present participle and gerund of pulsate.

Adjective

pulsating (comparative more pulsating, superlative most pulsating)

  1. Very exciting.
    • Liverpool lost ground in the Premier League title race in a pulsating draw at Tottenham that was packed with incident and saw Andrew Robertson sent off for the visitors.2021 December 19, Alex Bysouth, “Tottenham Hotpsur 2 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport

Noun

pulsating (plural pulsatings)

  1. A pulsation.
    • Inside there was some fierce acid burning steadily that seemed to be in control of his veins through which no blood could flow, only the heavy pulsatings of anger and frustrated needs.1965, Thea Astley, The Slow Natives, page 102

Also used as

pulsating is also the present participle and gerund of pulsate.

Forms of pulsating

Adjective
comparativemore pulsating
superlativemost pulsating
Noun
pluralpulsatings

Words formed from pulsating

Questions about pulsating

What does pulsating mean?
Pulsating means very exciting.
What part of speech is pulsating?
Pulsating can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pulsating in the dictionary

  1. pulsatile tinnitus
  2. pulsatilities
  3. pulsatility
  4. pulsatilla
  5. pulsatillas
  6. pulsating
  7. pulsatingly
  8. pulsatings
  9. pulsation
  10. pulsational
  11. pulsationally

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