| Main Entry: | palpitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat at a rapid pace, like a heart |
Synonyms: |
flutter, pitpat, pitter-patter, pound, pulsate, pulse, quiver, shiver, throb, tremble, vibrate |
Antonyms: |
be still |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throb |
Synonyms: |
agitate, alternate, bob, bounce, buffet, flap, flicker, fluctuate, flutter, heave, jerk, jounce, oscillate, palpitate, pitch, pound, pulsate, pulse, quake, quaver, quiver, ripple, shake, shiver, swing, thrill, throb, thump, tremble, twitch, undulate, vibrate, writhe |
| Main Entry: | flutter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wave rapidly, flap |
Synonyms: |
agitate, bat, beat, dance, drift, flicker, flit, flitter, flop, fluctuate, hover, lop, oscillate, palpitate, pulsate, quaver, quiver, ripple, ruffle, shake, shiver, swing, throb, tremble, vibrate, wiggle, wobble |
| Main Entry: | heave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge with force; expel from digestive system by mouth |
Synonyms: |
billow, breathe, cast, dilate, disgorge, exhale, expand, gag, groan, huff, palpitate, pant, puff, puke, retch, rise, sign, sob, spew, spit up, surge, suspire, swell, throb, throw up, upchuck, vomit |
| Main Entry: | lick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | play over with fire |
Synonyms: |
blaze, burn, dart, flick, flicker, fluctuate, flutter, ignite, kindle, leap, palpitate, quiver, ripple, run over, shoot, touch, tremble, vacillate, vibrate, waver |
| Main Entry: | oscillate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change back and forth |
Synonyms: |
be unsteady, dangle, fishtail, flicker, fluctuate, librate, lurch, palpitate, pendulate, pitch, pivot, reel, ripple, rock, roll, seesaw, stagger, sway, swing, switch, swivel, teeter, teeter-totter, thrash, toss, totter, undulate, vacillate, vary, vibrate, waddle, wag, waggle, waltz, wave, waver, whirl, wiggle, wobble |
| Notes: | oscillate means to be undecided about something or regularly swing from side to side, while osculate means to kiss or to come together - in mathematics it means to have three or more points coincident with |
Antonyms: |
remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | pant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gasp for air |
Synonyms: |
be out of breath, blow, breathe, chuff, gulp, heave, huff, palpitate, puff, snort, throb, wheeze, whiff, wind |
| Main Entry: | pound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crush; beat rhythmically |
Synonyms: |
batter, belabor, bruise, buffet, clobber, comminute, drub, hammer, hit, malleate, palpitate, pelt, pestle, powder, pulsate, pulse, pulverize, pummel, stomp, strike, thrash, throb, thump, tramp, triturate, wallop |
| Main Entry: | pulsate/pulse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | quiver, beat |
Synonyms: |
drum, fluctuate, hammer, oscillate, palpitate, pound, pump, roar, throb, thrum, thud, thump, tick, vibrate |
| Main Entry: | quiver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shake, vibrate |
Synonyms: |
agitate, beat, convulse, dither, jitter, oscillate, palpitate, pulsate, pulse, quake, quaver, shiver, shudder, thrill, throb, tremble, tremor, twitter |
Antonyms: |
be still |