PALPITATE, PALPITATING, PALPITATION
ADJECTIVES
► PALPITANT palpitating → 1837
► QUOPPY palpitating; having faint sickly feelings → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
► APIT-APAT fluttering, palpitating → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► DUNT a quickened or throbbing beat of the heart; a palpitation → 1768 Sc.
► GALAVINS palpitations → 1876 Eng. dial.
► HEART-QUALM an attack of palpitation of faintness of heart → c1621
► QUAP ► QUOB ► QUOP a throb, a palpitation → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WEAK JERKS a feeling of faintness and shakiness or palpitations, often as a result of hunger, fear, or anxiety → a1978 Amer. dial.
► WEAK TREMBLES a feeling of faintness and shakiness or palpitations, often as a result of hunger, fear, or anxiety → 1889 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► DUNT of the heart: to beat rapidly; to throb, to palpitate → 1550 Eng. dial.
► GALVA to throb, to palpitate → 1876 Eng. dial.
► PAT of the heart: to throb, to palpitate → 1814 Sc.
► QUAP to beat, to throb, to palpitate, to quiver → c1374 obs.
► QUAVE to beat, to palpitate; to throb with life → 1387 obs.
► QUOB to quiver like jelly; to throb; to palpitate → 1863 Eng. dial.
► QUOP to beat, to throb, to palpitate → a1658 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
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