Cause to throb or beat rapidly.

Shake with fast, tremulous movements:
— His nostrils palpitated.

synonyms: quake, quiver.

Roget 315: be agitated &c.; shake; tremble, tremble like an aspen leaf; quiver, quaver, quake, shiver, twitter, twire^†, writhe, toss, shuffle, tumble, stagger, bob, reel, sway, wag, waggle; wriggle, wriggle like an eel; dance, stumble, shamble, flounder, totter, flounce, flop, curvet, prance, cavort [U.S.]; squirm.    throb, pulsate, beat, palpitate, go pitapat; flutter, flitter, flicker, bicker; bustle.    ferment, effervesce, foam; boil, boil over; bubble up; simmer.    toss about, jump about; jump like a parched pea; shake like an aspen leaf; shake to its center, shake to its foundations; be the sport of the winds and waves; reel to and fro like a drunken man; move from post to pillar and from pillar to move from post to pillar and from pillar to post, drive from post to pillar and from pillar to drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post, keep between hawk and buzzard.    agitate, shake, convulse, toss, tumble, bandy, wield, brandish, flap, flourish, whisk, jerk, hitch, jolt; jog, joggle, jostle, buffet, hustle, disturb, stir, shake up, churn, jounce, wallop, whip, vellicate^†.    ... show more

Roget 821: feel; receive an impression etc. n.; be impressed with etc. adj.; entertain feeling, harbor feeling, cherish feeling etc. n.. respond; catch the flame, catch the infection; enter the spirit of.    bear, suffer, support, sustain, endure, thole [Scot.], aby^†; abide etc. (be composed) 826; experience etc. (meet with) 151; taste, prove; labor under, smart under; bear the brunt of, brave, stand.    swell, glow, warm, flush, blush, change color, mantle; turn color, turn pale, turn red, turn black in the face; tingle, thrill, heave, pant, throb, palpitate, go pitapat, tremble, quiver, flutter, twitter; shake etc. 315; be agitated, be excited etc. 824; look blue, look black; wince; draw a deep breath.    impress etc. (excite the feelings) 824.    ... show more

Dutch: lillen

Beat rapidly:
— His heart palpitated.

synonym: flutter.