throb

throb
throbber, n.throbbingly, adv.
/throb/, v., throbbed, throbbing, n.
v.i.
1. to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
2. to feel or exhibit emotion: He throbbed at the happy thought.
3. to pulsate; vibrate: The cello throbbed.
n.
4. the act of throbbing.
5. a violent beat or pulsation, as of the heart.
6. any pulsation or vibration: the throb of engines.
[1325-75; ME *throbben, implied in prp. throbbant throbbing < ?]
Syn. 3. See pulsate.

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