What is in a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats. Lowell. "The fox's heart went pitapat." L'Estrange called?
pitapat — In a flutter; with palpitation or quick succession of beats. Lowell. "The fox's heart went pitapat." L'Estrange. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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