throb

English

Etymology

From Middle English throbben; possibly of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• enPR: thrŏb, IPA^(key): /θɹɒb/
• Rhymes: -ɒb

Verb

1. (intransitive) To pound or beat rapidly or violently.
2. (intransitive) To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm.
3. (intransitive, of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.

Derived terms

• throbbingly

Translations

to pound or beat rapidly or violently

• Dutch: kloppen (nl)
• Finnish: jyskyttää, tykyttää (fi)
• French: battre (fr), palpiter (fr)
• German: klopfen (de), schlagen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: σφύζω (sphúzō), σκαρίζω (skarízō)

• Italian: battere (it), picchiare (it)
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• Kabuverdianu: palpita
• Maori: whētuki, panapana, kapakapa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dunke, banke (no)

• Portuguese: latejar (pt)
• Russian: би́ться (ru) (bítʹsja), стуча́ться (ru) (stučátʹsja)
• Scottish Gaelic: plosg
• Slovak: tĺcť
• Spanish: palpitar (es)
• Swedish: bulta (sv), dunka (sv)

to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 搏動／搏动 (zh) (bódòng), 搏动 (zh) (bódòng)

• Dutch: trillen (nl), vibreren (nl)
• Finnish: jyskyttää, sykkiä (fi)
• French: vibrer (fr), résonner (fr), battre (fr)
• German: pochen (de), klopfen (de), pulsieren (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: σφύζω (sphúzō), σκαρίζω (skarízō)

• Hungarian: lüktet (hu)
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• Irish: preab, frithbhuail
• Italian: pulsare (it)
• Japanese: どきどきする (ja) (dokidoki suru)
• Kabuverdianu: palpita
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: banke (no), slå (no)

• Portuguese: pulsar (pt)
• Romanian: pulsa (ro)
• Russian: би́ться (ru) (bítʹsja), пульси́ровать (ru) (pulʹsírovatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: plosg
• Slovak: tĺcť

Noun

throb (plural throbs)

1. A beating, vibration or palpitation.
   • 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:

     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

Derived terms

• throbber
• throbby
• heartthrob

Translations

beating, vibration or palpitation

• Dutch: geklop (nl)
• Finnish: tykytys (fi), jyskytys (fi), sykintä (fi)
• French: battement (fr) m, pulsation (fr) f
• German: Pochen n, Klopfen (de) n
• Hungarian: lüktetés (hu)
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• Italian: battito (it) m, palpito (it) m, pulsazione (it) f
• Portuguese: latejamento m
• Russian: пульса́ция (ru) f (pulʹsácija), бие́ние (ru) n (bijénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: plosg m, plosgadh m
• Spanish: palpitar (es)

Anagrams

• Borth, broth