throb
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
throb (throbs, present participle throbbing; past and past participle throbbed)
- (intransitive) To pound or beat rapidly or violently.
- (intransitive) To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm.
- (intransitive, of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.
- French: battre, palpiter
- German: klopfen, schlagen
- Italian: battere, picchiare
- Portuguese: latejar
- Russian: би́ться
- Spanish: palpitar
- French: vibrer, résonner, battre
- German: pochen, klopfen, pulsieren
- Italian: pulsare
- Portuguese: pulsar
- Russian: би́ться
throb (plural throbs)
- A beating, vibration or palpitation.
- 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: Printed [by Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], OCLC 731622352 ↗:
- My bosom was now bare, and rising in the warmest throbs, presented to his sight and feeling the firm hard swell of a pair of young breasts, such as may be imagin'd of a girl not sixteen, fresh out of the country
- French: battement, pulsation
- German: Pochen, Klopfen
- Italian: battito, palpito, pulsazione
- Portuguese: latejamento
- Russian: пульса́ция
- Spanish: palpitar
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