Pronunciations (4)
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/θɹɒb/
Pronunciation notes
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/θɹɑb/
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/θɹɔb/
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θɹɒb
Verb
To pound or beat rapidly or violently.
Usage- Intransitive
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Her heart began to throb faster as the moment approached.
To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.
Usage- Intransitive
- of a body part
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I have a throbbing headache.
To exhibit an attitude, trait, or affect powerfully and profoundly.
Usage- Figurative
- with "with"
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The bass in the song made the entire room throb with energy.
Having been married and divorced, Suzanne throbs with attitudes of strength, liberation and equality.
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This is a country where nightclubs in Thimbu, the capital, throb with techno music, but where smoking is illegal and television did not arrive until 1999.
Noun
A beating, vibration or palpitation.
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He could feel a dull throb in his head from the tension.
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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
Noun
a deep pulsating type of pain
an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)
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he felt a throbbing in his head
Verb
pulsate or pound with abnormal force
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my head is throbbing
Her heart was throbbing
expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
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The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it
tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
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