fibrillating adjective2 •Of a muscle, especially in the heart: undergoing fibrillation; quivering.A publicity plane flew along the Croisette, its pennant fluttering like the trace of a fibrillating heart, unnoticed by the sunbathers stretched in their loungers in the hotel concessions. — 2000 •Splitting into fibrils or fibres. formsmore fibrillating · most fibrillating