pulse-pounding
adj/ˈpʌls ˈpaʊndɪŋ/US
Definitions
That increases the heartbeat rate, especially as a result of excitement or fear.
- The superbly crafted suspense thriller that director Jonathan Demme has made from Thomas Harris's taut best-selling novel The Silence of the Lambs slams you like a sudden blast of bone-chilling, pulse-pounding terror.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for pulse-pounding. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA