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# palpitation

«palpitation» in Mova's school dictionary: **beating very fast, very hard or unevenly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a palpitation, palpitations; usually plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A feeling that your heart is beating very fast, very hard or unevenly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/palpitation/#m1)

2) (informal, joking) "Palpitations" can mean strong nervous excitement or shock: "You nearly gave me palpitations!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/palpitation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons, palpitations can happen with fear, exercise, too much caffeine or illness; if they keep happening, see a doctor. In everyday talk, grown-ups joke "You gave me palpitations!" after a fright.

### examples

- Too much coffee gave Mum palpitations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/palpitation/#x1)
- She felt palpitations before going on stage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/palpitation/#x2)
- The doctor checked his heart because of the palpitations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/palpitation/#x3)
- "Don't jump out at me! You'll give me palpitations!" said Gran. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/palpitation/#x4)
- Palpitations after running usually settle when you rest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/palpitation/#x5)
- The scary film gave me palpitations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/palpitation/#x6)

### note

Usually plural: "palpitations". Pronounced "pal-pi-TAY-shuns". If someone has chest pain or feels faint with palpitations, tell an adult and get help.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «palpitation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/palpitation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.