palps

verb

present tense third-person singular of palp
as in palpates

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  1. palms
  2. feels
  3. touches
Verb
  • Sibley, trying to get between Popov and his friends, made contact with the teen, palms out and open handed, and Popov stabbed him in the heart, Jafari said.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026
Definition of palms
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  • The music on Uncle feels innate, as if Funkhouser had dug these songs out from deep within the crawlspace in his brain.
    — Jeff Yerger, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Finish with white sneakers and a crossbody bag for an outfit that looks considered but feels as easy as pajamas.
    — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of feels
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  • The film’s multigenerational story touches on the cultural inheritance passed between mothers, daughters and grandmothers — whether through old traditions or ordinary rituals.
    — Johanna Ferreira, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Saxberger is wary, but Meyers’s admiration touches something, and soon the older man’s convinced to join a nightly meeting of young aesthetes.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of touches
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“Palps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palps. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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