apitpat

English

Etymology

a- +‎ pitpat

Adverb

apitpat (not comparable)

  1. With quick beating or palpitation; pitapat.
    His heart beat apitpat with every smile she flashed his way.
    • Congreve
      O there he comes. — Welcome, my bully, my back, agad, my heart has gone apitpat for you.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for apitpat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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