heart flutter
Chest goes thump-thump
Heart flutter describes a sensation of rapid, irregular, or pounding heartbeats—the feeling that your heart is skipping, racing, or fluttering in your chest.
Medically, it often refers to atrial flutter, a specific type of abnormal heart rhythm.
Figuratively, heart flutter describes the physical sensation of nervous excitement or romantic attraction: She felt a heart flutter when he walked in.
- palpitationIrregular heartbeat awareness
- racingSpeed competition sport
- skippingRhythmic hopping locomotion
- skipped beatPerceived missed heartbeat
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
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- heartbeatbeat, pulse, throb, lub-dub, thump
- attractionattraction, chemistry, allure, draw, fascination
- circulationblood, circulation, arteries, veins, bloodstream
- heart conditionsarrhythmia, cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction
- heart responsespulse, slow heartbeat, palpitations, irregular heartbeat, tachycardia
- heart sensationspalpitation, palpitations, heartbeat, throbbing, thumping
heart flutterinner peace
Mental and emotional tranquility
calm · composure · equanimity · emotional numbness · indifference
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