throb
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Appears 14th century; possibly of imitative origin.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
throb (third-person singular simple present throbs, present participle throbbing, simple 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.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
To pound or beat rapidly or violently
To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
Noun [edit]
throb (plural throbs)
- A beating, vibration or palpitation
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Part 2
- 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
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Part 2
Translations [edit]
a beating, vibration or palpitation
