'Throb' definitions:
Definition of 'throb'
(from WordNet)
noun
A deep pulsating type of pain
noun
An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head" [syn: throb, throbbing, pounding]
verb
Pulsate or pound with abnormal force; "my head is throbbing"; "Her heart was throbbing"
verb
Expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it" [syn: pulsate, throb, pulse]
verb
Definition of 'Throb'
From: GCIDE
- 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 of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc. [1913 Webster]
- My heart Throbs to know one thing. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Here may his head lie on my throbbing breast. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Throb'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'throb'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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