intr.v., throbbed, throb·bing, throbs.

1. To beat rapidly or violently, as the heart; pound.
2. To vibrate, pulsate, or sound with a steady pronounced rhythm: boat engines throbbing.

n.

The act of throbbing; a beating, palpitation, or vibration.

[Middle English throbben, of imitative origin.]

throbbingly throb'bing·ly adv.

verb

To make rhythmic contractions, sounds, or movements: beat, palpitate, pound, pulsate, pulse. See repetition, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

noun

A periodic contraction or sound of something coursing: beat, palpitation, pulsation, pulse. See repetition, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

A pulsating movement or sensation.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - banke (puls, hjerte), pulsere
n. - pulseren, banken, slag

Nederlands (Dutch)
bonzen

Français (French)
v. intr. - battre (le c¯ur), résonner (la musique), vibrer (un moteur)
n. - vibration, rythme, battement, élancement

Deutsch (German)
v. - pochen, dröhnen, (heftig) beben
n. - Pochen, Dröhnen, Erbeben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - πάλλω/-ομαι, σφύζω, κτυπώ, δονούμαι
n. - δόνηση, κραδασμός, παλμός

Italiano (Italian)
palpitare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - palpitar, latejar
n. - palpitação (f), vibração (f)

Русский (Russian)
дрожать, содрогаться, пульсировать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - latir, vibrar, palpitar, dar punzadas
n. - latido, pulsación, palpitación, vibración

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - banka, bulta, skälva, darra, vibrera, pulsera
n. - bankande, bultande

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
悸动, 颤动, 抽动, 跳动, 抽痛, 震动

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 悸動, 顫動, 抽動
n. - 跳動, 悸動, 抽動, 抽痛, 震動

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 고동치다, 진동하다, 욱신욱신 쑤시다
n. - 동계, 감동, 진동

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 動悸をうつ, 正常に脈うつ, 脈打つ, 興奮する, 感動する
n. - 動悸, 鼓動, 震動, 興奮, 感動

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينبض, يخفق (الاسم) ارتجاف, نبض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮פעם, הלם, דפק‬
n. - ‮דפיקה, פעימה, הלמות, תקתוק‬

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