to pound (with emotion)Usually describes the heart beating rapidly because of love, excitement, fear, or strong emotion. The expression is generally used with battre in the imperfect or future tense, such as battait la chamade or battra la chamade.
FR: Quand j'ai vu son message, mon cœur s'est mis à battre la chamade.
EN: When I saw their message, my heart started pounding.