palpitating

English

Adjective

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.

Derived terms

• palpitatingly

Verb

palpitating

1. present participle and gerund of palpitate