palpitating

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Adjective

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palpitating (comparative more palpitating, superlative most palpitating)

  1. Very exciting
    • 1983 December 24, Nancy Walker, “Pachyderms: A Delightful Regression”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 14:
      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.

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Verb

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palpitating

  1. present participle and gerund of palpitate