throb

throb
Synonyms and related words:
ache, agonize, ail, anguish, arrhythmia, bar beat, barrage, beat, beat a ruffle, beat a tattoo, beating, bicker, blanch, blench, dance, didder, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, downbeat, drum, drum music, drumbeat, drumfire, drumming, feel pain, feel the pangs, fidget, fidgetiness, fidgets, flap, flick, flicker, flip, flip out, flit, flitter, flop, flutter, freak out on, get high on, glow, go pitapat, grimace, gutter, have a misery, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heartbeat, heartthrob, heave, heaving, hurt, inquietude, jerk, offbeat, palpitate, palpitation, pant, panting, paradiddle, patter, pitapat, pitter-patter, pound, pounding, pulsate, pulsation, pulse, quake, quaking, quaver, quavering, quiver, quivering, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, rataplan, rattattoo, resonate, restlessness, rhythm, roll, rub-a-dub, ruff, ruffle, shake, shakes, shaking, shiver, shivers, shoot, shrink, shudder, slat, smart, sound a tattoo, spatter, splatter, splutter, sputter, squirm, staccato, suffer, swell, swell with emotion, tat-tat, tattoo, tempo, thrill, thrill to, throbbing, thrum, thump, thumping, tick, ticktock, tingle, tingle with excitement, tom-tom, toss, toss and turn, tremble, trembling, tremor, trepidation, trepidity, tumble, turn on to, twinge, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, unrest, upbeat, vibrate, wave, waver, wiggle, wince, wriggle, writhe

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  • throb — throb·ber; throb·bing·ly; throb·less; throb; …   English syllables

  • Throb — Throb, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Throbbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Throbbing}.] [OE. [thorn]robben; of uncertain origin; cf. Russ. trepete a trembling, and E. trepidation.] To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Throb — Throb, n. A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation: [1913 Webster] The impatient throbs and longings of a soul That pants and reaches after distant good. Addison. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Throb — was an American television sitcom broadcast in syndication from 1986 to 1988. It revolved around thirty something divorcee Sandy Beatty (Diana Canova) who gets a job at a small New Wave record label, Throb. Beatty s boss is Zach Armstrong… …   Wikipedia

  • throb — vb beat, *pulsate, pulse, palpitate throb n beat, pulsation, pulse, palpitation (see under PULSATE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • throb — index beat (pulsate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • throb — (v.) mid 14c., of uncertain origin, perhaps meant to represent in sound the pulsation of arteries and veins or the heart. The noun is first attested 1570s …   Etymology dictionary

  • throb — [v] pulsate, beat flutter, palpitate, pitpat, pound, pulse, resonate, thrill, thump, tingle, tremble, twitter, vibrate; concepts 152,185 …   New thesaurus

  • throb — ► VERB (throbbed, throbbing) 1) beat or sound with a strong, regular rhythm. 2) feel pain in a series of pulsations. ► NOUN ▪ a strong, regular beat or sound. ORIGIN probably imitative …   English terms dictionary

  • throb — [thräb] vi. throbbed, throbbing [ME throbben, prob. of echoic orig.] 1. to beat, pulsate, vibrate, etc. 2. to beat strongly or fast; palpitate, as the heart under exertion 3. to feel or express emotion; quiver with excitement n. 1. the act of… …   English World dictionary

  • throb — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dull ▪ steady ▪ the steady throb of the engine ▪ bass ▪ the opening bass throbs of the song …   Collocations dictionary

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