Throbbing

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Throb \Throb\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Throbbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Throbbing}.] [OE. [thorn]robben; of uncertain origin; cf.
     Russ. trepete a trembling, and E. trepidation.]
     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.


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           My heart
           Throbs to know one thing.                --Shak.
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           Here may his head lie on my throbbing breast. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  throbbing
       adj : pounding or beating strongly or violently; "a throbbing
             pain"; "the throbbing engine of the boat"
       n 1: an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he
            felt a throbbing in his head" [syn: {throb}, {pounding}]
       2: a sound with a strong rhythmic beat; "the throbbing of the
          engines"

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  throb
       n 1: a deep pulsating type of pain
       2: an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he
          felt a throbbing in his head" [syn: {throbbing}, {pounding}]
       v 1: pulsate or pound with abnormal force; "my head is
            throbbing"; "Her heart was throbbing"
       2: expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The
          baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon
          massaged it" [syn: {pulsate}, {pulse}]
       3: tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement [syn: {shudder},
           {shiver}, {thrill}]
       [also: {throbbing}, {throbbed}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  throbbing
       See {throb}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  108 Moby Thesaurus words for "throbbing":
     aching, achy, arrhythmia, backachy, barrage, beat, beating,
     cadenced, cadent, clicking, colicky, didder, disquiet, disquietude,
     dithers, drum, drum music, drumbeat, drumfire, drumming,
     fidgetiness, fidgets, flutter, fluttering, full, griping, headachy,
     heartbeat, heartthrob, heaving, in numbers, in rhythm, inquietude,
     measured, mellow, metric, migrainous, palpitant, palpitation,
     panting, paradiddle, patter, pitapat, pitter-patter, plangent,
     pound, pounding, pulsatile, pulsating, pulsation, pulsative,
     pulsatory, pulse, pulsing, quaking, quaver, quavering, quiver,
     quivering, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, rataplan, rattattoo,
     resonant, resonating, restlessness, rhythm, rhythmic, rich, roll,
     rolling, rub-a-dub, ruff, ruffle, shakes, shaking, shiver, shivers,
     shudder, sonorous, spatter, spattering, splutter, spluttering,
     sputter, sputtering, staccato, stomachachy, tat-tat, tattoo, tempo,
     throb, thrum, thrumming, thumping, ticking, tom-tom, toothachy,
     tremble, trembling, tremor, trepidation, trepidity, twitter,
     unrest, vibrant, vibrating