From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Human, Medicineadrenalina‧dren‧a‧lin, adrenaline /əˈdrenəl-ɪn/ noun [uncountable]HBHMa chemical produced by your body when you are afraid, angry, or excited, which makes your heartbeatfaster
There’s nothing like a good horror film to get the adrenalin going (=make you feel nervously excited).Examples from the Corpusadrenalin• There was no essentialadrenalinflowing.• A prickling sensation between my eyes made my nose run and white-hotadrenalinscalded the subcutaneouslayer beneath my skin.• It was a deliciously decadentdaydream which stirred the blood, sending adrenalinpumping through his system.• Yet sleeplessadrenalinenergy, like sixteen cups of coffee, makes for a certain wackiness.• Although the adrenalin may flow, you owe it to yourself not to become carried away.• The drinks did it, I know, and the adrenalinrush of the entire evening.• The urgencykicks in, the adrenalin flows a bit faster, the pulsequickens.• The feeling sent the adrenalin rushing around so fast that it threatened to wear me out before I got to my destination.get the adrenalin going• He actually got the adrenalin going, forced the pendulum which had almost stopped to swing again.
