| palpitate | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. palpitate | cause to throb or beat rapidly.; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart" |
| ~ palpitate, flutter | beat rapidly.; "His heart palpitated" |
| ~ shake, agitate | move or cause to move back and forth.; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" |
| v. (motion) | 2. palpitate, quake, quiver | shake with fast, tremulous movements.; "His nostrils palpitated" |
| ~ tremble | move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways.; "His hands were trembling when he signed the document" |
| v. (motion) | 3. flutter, palpitate | beat rapidly.; "His heart palpitated" |
| ~ thump, beat, pound | move rhythmically.; "Her heart was beating fast" |
| ~ palpitate | cause to throb or beat rapidly.; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart" |
| quaver | | |
| n. (event) | 1. quaver | a tremulous sound. |
| ~ sound | the sudden occurrence of an audible event.; "the sound awakened them" |
| n. (communication) | 2. eighth note, quaver | a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note. |
| ~ musical note, note, tone | a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound.; "the singer held the note too long" |
| v. (communication) | 3. quaver, waver | give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency. |
| ~ vocalize, voice, vocalise, sound | utter with vibrating vocal chords. |
| v. (communication) | 4. quaver, trill, warble | sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below. |
| ~ sing | produce tones with the voice.; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well" |
| throb | | |
| n. (state) | 1. throb | a deep pulsating type of pain. |
| ~ hurting, pain | a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder.; "the patient developed severe pain and distension" |
| n. (event) | 2. pounding, throb, throbbing | an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart).; "he felt a throbbing in his head" |
| ~ heartbeat, beat, pulse, pulsation | the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart.; "he could feel the beat of her heart" |
| v. (perception) | 3. throb | pulsate or pound with abnormal force.; "my head is throbbing"; "Her heart was throbbing" |
| ~ hurt, smart, ache | be the source of pain. |
| ~ twang | twitch or throb with pain. |
| v. (motion) | 4. pulsate, pulse, throb | expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically.; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it" |
| ~ pulsate, quiver, beat | move with or as if with a regular alternating motion.; "the city pulsated with music and excitement" |
| ~ thump, beat, pound | move rhythmically.; "Her heart was beating fast" |
| v. (motion) | 5. shiver, shudder, thrill, throb | tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement. |
| ~ tremble | move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways.; "His hands were trembling when he signed the document" |
| slingshot | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. catapult, sling, slingshot | a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones. |
| ~ plaything, toy | an artifact designed to be played with. |
| flick | | |
| n. (event) | 1. flick | a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible).; "he gave it a flick with his finger"; "he felt the flick of a whip" |
| ~ impinging, striking, contact | the physical coming together of two or more things.; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull" |
| n. (communication) | 2. flick | a short stroke. |
| ~ stroke | a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush.; "she applied the paint in careful strokes" |
| n. (communication) | 3. film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture show | a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" |
| ~ product, production | an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" |
| ~ sequence, episode | film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie. |
| ~ credit | an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work.; "the credits were given at the end of the film" |
| ~ subtitle, caption | translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen. |
| ~ credits | a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film). |
| ~ telefilm | a movie that is made to be shown on television. |
| ~ scene, shot | a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film. |
| ~ feature film, feature | the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater.; "the feature tonight is `Casablanca'" |
| ~ final cut | the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer. |
| ~ home movie | a film made at home by an amateur photographer. |
| ~ collage film | a movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage. |
| ~ coming attraction | a movie that is advertised to draw customers. |
| ~ shoot-'em-up | a movie featuring shooting and violence. |
| ~ short subject | a brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature. |
| ~ docudrama, documentary, documentary film, infotainment | a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event. |
| ~ cinema verite | a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director. |
| ~ film noir | a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters.; "film noir was applied by French critics to describe American thriller or detective films in the 1940s" |
| ~ skin flick | a pornographic movie. |
| ~ rough cut | the first print of a movie after preliminary editing. |
| ~ silent movie, silent picture, silents | a movie without a soundtrack. |
| ~ slow motion | a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate. |
| ~ talkie, talking picture | a movie with synchronized speech and singing. |
| ~ 3-d, 3d, three-d | a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance. |
| ~ show | a social event involving a public performance or entertainment.; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway" |
| ~ musical, musical comedy, musical theater | a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing. |
| ~ dub | provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language. |
| ~ synchronise, synchronize | make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action.; "synchronize this film" |
| ~ film, shoot, take | make a film or photograph of something.; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" |
| ~ videotape, tape | record on videotape. |
| ~ reshoot | shoot again.; "We had to reshoot that scene 24 times" |
| v. (perception) | 4. flick, flicker | flash intermittently.; "The lights flicked on and off" |
| ~ flash, twinkle, wink, winkle, blink | gleam or glow intermittently.; "The lights were flashing" |
| v. (perception) | 5. flick, flip, leaf, riff, riffle, thumb | look through a book or other written material.; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" |
| ~ peruse | examine or consider with attention and in detail.; "Please peruse this report at your leisure" |
| v. (motion) | 6. flick, flip | cause to move with a flick.; "he flicked his Bic" |
| ~ throw | propel through the air.; "throw a frisbee" |
| v. (contact) | 7. flick, jerk | throw or toss with a quick motion.; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head" |
| ~ push, force | move with force,.; "He pushed the table into a corner" |
| v. (weather) | 8. flick, flicker | shine unsteadily.; "The candle flickered" |
| ~ beam, shine | emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light.; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces" |
| v. (contact) | 9. flick, riffle, ruffle | twitch or flutter.; "the paper flicked" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (contact) | 10. click, flick, snap | cause to make a snapping sound.; "snap your fingers" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (contact) | 11. flick | touch or hit with a light, quick blow.; "flicked him with his hand" |
| ~ brush | touch lightly and briefly.; "He brushed the wall lightly" |
| v. (change) | 12. flick | remove with a flick (of the hand). |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| pulse | | |
| n. (event) | 1. impulse, pulsation, pulse, pulsing | (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients).; "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star" |
| ~ electronics | the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices. |
| ~ undulation, wave | (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth. |
| n. (event) | 2. beat, heartbeat, pulsation, pulse | the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart.; "he could feel the beat of her heart" |
| ~ periodic event, recurrent event | an event that recurs at intervals. |
| ~ diastole | the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood. |
| ~ systole | the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery. |
| ~ throbbing, pounding, throb | an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart).; "he felt a throbbing in his head" |
| n. (time) | 3. heart rate, pulse, pulse rate | the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health. |
| ~ vital sign | sign of life; usually an indicator of a person's general physical condition.; "he was still alive but his vital signs were weak" |
| ~ femoral pulse | pulse of the femoral artery (felt in the groin). |
| ~ radial pulse | pulse of the radial artery (felt in the wrist). |
| ~ rate | a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit.; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" |
| n. (food) | 4. pulse | edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.). |
| ~ legume | the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils). |
| v. (creation) | 5. pulsate, pulse | produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses.; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube" |
| ~ produce, create, make | create or manufacture a man-made product.; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" |
| v. (motion) | 6. pulse | drive by or as if by pulsation.; "A soft breeze pulsed the air" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ pulsate, pulse, throb | expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically.; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it" |
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