throb (θrɒb
)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: throbs, throbbing, throbbed
(intr) - to pulsate or beat repeatedly, esp with increased force ⇒
to throb with pain
- (of engines, drums, etc) to have a strong rhythmic vibration or beat
noun
- the act or an instance of throbbing, esp a rapid pulsation as of the heart ⇒
a throb of pleasure
Alternative Forms
ˈthrobbing adjective ˈthrobbingly adverbWord Origin
C14: perhaps of imitative originTranslations
- British English:
throb
If part of your body throbs, you feel a series of strong and usually painful beats there.His head throbbed.θrɒb VERB His head throbbed.
- Spanish: latir con fuerza v
- French:
palpiter
vi
- German:
pochen
v
- Chinese: 悸动 v
- Arabic: يَخْفِقُ v
- Portuguese: palpitar v
- Russian: биение nnt
- Croatian: jako kucati v
- Czech: pulzovat v
- Danish: dunke v
- Dutch: kloppen v
- Finnish: tykyttää v
- Greek: πάλλω v
- Italian: pulsare v
- Japanese: 動悸を打つ v
- Korean: 두근거리다 v
- Norwegian: pulsere v
- Polish: mocno bić v
- Brazilian Portuguese: palpitar v
- European Spanish: latir con fuerza v
- Swedish: banka v
- Thai: เต้นเป็นจังหวะ v
- Turkish: zonklamak v
- Vietnamese: đập mạnh v
Usage examples
Her head was a slow throb of red-eyed pain from too many hours staring at the screen.
, THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)We slogged through the silence of the night, until the throb of an electric generator broke the calm.
India Today (1998)The party started at 5pm and the setting sun was the cue for the ``doof doof ' throb from the sound system.
The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2004)The vibrations caused by the volume, the thump-thump throb of the bass are - tsk!
Belfast Telegraph (2004)If you get frightened or excited and your heart starts to race, you usually become aware of their throb.
, How to Lower High Blood Pressure (1994)