pulse-pounding
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pulse-pounding
- /ˈpʌls ˈpaʊndɪŋ/ US, UK
adjective more pulse-pounding · most pulse-pounding
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That increases the heartbeat rate, especially as a result of excitement or fear.
All the thrills, chills and spills of pulse-pounding sport adventure! […] 150,000 words of thrill-packed sports text gives you the pulse-pounding story … how the Big Ten grew from a small-time bunch of upstart Westerners into the nation's mightiest collegiate conference …
Similar: exciting, terrifying, absorbing, alacrifying, awesome, banging, bracing, hot, compelling, distracting, dramatic, edge-of-the-seat · Opposite: boring, dull, uninteresting, banal, basic, mindless, beat, blah, commonplace, bland, cold, colourless
Talk about this word "pulse-pounding." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pulse-pounding. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pulse-pounding. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pulse-pounding "pulse-pounding." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pulse-pounding.Cite this
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title = {pulse-pounding},
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