palpitating

1. 1.

   having a slight and rapid trembling motion

   “palpitant movements rather than violent eruptions”

   “my palpitating heart”

   Synonymspalpitant

   Similarunsteady

Questions about palpitating

What does palpitating mean?

palpitating means "having a slight and rapid trembling motion".

How many syllables are in palpitating?

palpitating has 4 syllables: pal-pi-ta-ting. The stress falls on "pal". In IPA it is /ˈpælpəteɪtɪŋ/.

What is another word for palpitating?

Close synonyms include palpitant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is palpitating a common word?

palpitating is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.