pitter-patter

as in to throb
to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner his heart pitter-pattered with excitement as he waited for the right moment to propose

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Verb
  • That's why my leg is throbbing.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The memory of them throbbed like a splinter that had never been removed.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Corporate earnings continue to beat expectations, providing enough fuel for the market rally to continue at least until investors parse through third quarter earnings results in the coming months, Teal said.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The rest—including in May 2023, when Nvidia had the biggest positive earnings surprise a company has ever delivered, beating expectations handily and then offering a quarterly revenue forecast that was $4 billion above expectations—is history.
    Jim Cramer, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When Punch’s second act at last reaches the climactic series of encounters between Jacob, David, and Joan — mediated by Nicola (Camila Canó-Flaviá), a restorative-justice worker — the often bouncy, pulsing play ends up finding its greatest strength in stillness.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The upper blocks throbbed and pulsed a deep blue, reflecting the pond’s windblown currents.
    Jack Korngold, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Pitter-patter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitter-patter. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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