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pit-a-patted

verb

past tense of pit-a-pat
as in throbbed
to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner her heart pit-a-patted with surprise

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  1. throbbed
  2. beat
  3. pulsed
  4. vibrated
Verb
  • There have been plenty of times when my feet throbbed after hours of sightseeing.
    — Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2026
  • My calves and thighs often throbbed, my waist ached and my knees swelled.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
Definition of throbbed
Verb
  • The Panthers beat Vanderbilt in coach Dell McGee’s third game as coach in 2024, then lost 17 of their next 18 games against FBS opponents.
    — Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Two blue and yellow humanoid robots attempted to beat each other up with punches twice as hard as Mike Tyson’s.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of beat
Verb
  • Commander John Young made his fifth and final trip to space at age 50, with a heartbeat of 75 to 80 beats a minute, while first-time flier Bob Crippen, 43, had a heartbeat pulsed at 130 beats per minute.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Docs can also use vascular lasers, specifically pulsed dye lasers (PDL) like the Vbeam, to remove these with minimal scarring.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of pulsed
Verb
  • And the universal consciousness of light that vibrated at my frequency is what saved me.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Phones across the Pirriwee Peninsula vibrated ecstatically with the ping-ping-ping of parent WhatsApp group notifications.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of vibrated
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