"heart-pounding" meaning in English

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      "form": "more heart-pounding",
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      "form": "most heart-pounding",
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  "pos": "adj",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "heart-poundingly"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1996, Terry Goodkind, Blood of the Fold",
          "text": "The anguish, the numb misery, of believing that his beloved, Kahlan had been executed, had evaporated in a heart-pounding instant the day before...",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Bruce M Hyman, Cherry Pedrick, The OCD Workbook",
          "text": "A simple bump in the road, an unexpected noise, a shadow, or flash of light triggered a heart-pounding, tire-screeching turnaround back to the scene...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Jill St Anne, The Italian Connection",
          "text": "Christina Culhane maintained a heart-pounding pace until she broke her stride to glance at her plastic Swatch.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Sandy Jones, Marcie Jones, Michael Crocetti, Baby's First Year",
          "text": "In the early days, you may even experience a heart-pounding nightmare or two about being separated from your baby or your baby falling off a balcony...",
          "type": "quotation"
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      "glosses": [
        "Causing the heart to pound; dramatically exciting or shocking."
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          "dramatic",
          "dramatic"
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          "exciting",
          "exciting"
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          "shocking",
          "shocking"
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  "word": "heart-pounding"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "heart-poundingly"
    }
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    {
      "form": "more heart-pounding",
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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        {
          "ref": "1996, Terry Goodkind, Blood of the Fold",
          "text": "The anguish, the numb misery, of believing that his beloved, Kahlan had been executed, had evaporated in a heart-pounding instant the day before...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Bruce M Hyman, Cherry Pedrick, The OCD Workbook",
          "text": "A simple bump in the road, an unexpected noise, a shadow, or flash of light triggered a heart-pounding, tire-screeching turnaround back to the scene...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Jill St Anne, The Italian Connection",
          "text": "Christina Culhane maintained a heart-pounding pace until she broke her stride to glance at her plastic Swatch.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Sandy Jones, Marcie Jones, Michael Crocetti, Baby's First Year",
          "text": "In the early days, you may even experience a heart-pounding nightmare or two about being separated from your baby or your baby falling off a balcony...",
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          "exciting",
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  "word": "heart-pounding"
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