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FIBRILLATE

Dictionary entry overview: What does fibrillate mean?

• FIBRILLATE (verb)
The verb FIBRILLATE has 1 sense:

1. make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements

Familiarity information: FIBRILLATE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FIBRILLATE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

His heart fibrillated and he died

Hypernyms (to "fibrillate" is one way to...):

jerk; twitch (make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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