Throb

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To beat rapidly or violently, as the heart; pound.
  • verb-intransitive. To vibrate, pulsate, or sound with a steady pronounced rhythm: boat engines throbbing.
  • n. The act of throbbing; a beating, palpitation, or vibration.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To pound or beat rapidly or violently
  • v. To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
  • n. A beating, vibration or palpitation
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.
  • n. A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To beat or pulsate, as the heart, but with increased or quickened force or rapidity; palpitate.
  • To quiver or vibrate.
  • n. A beat or strong pulsation; a violent beating, as of the heart and arteries; a palpitation: as, a throb of pleasure or of pain.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a deep pulsating type of pain
  • n. an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)
  • v. tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
  • v. expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
  • v. pulsate or pound with abnormal force
  • Verb Form
    throbbed    throbbing    throbs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hurting    pain    beat    heartbeat    pulsation    pulse    tremble    thump    pound   
    Variant
    throbbing    throbbed   
    Form
    throbbed    throbbing    throbbingly    throbber    heartthrob   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    palpitate    papitation    pulsation    pulsate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bob    Cobb    Job    Punjab    Rob    blob    bob    cob    cobb    dob   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ache    tremor    rumble    surge    thud    thrill    tingle    twinge    murmur    vibration