'Throbbing' definitions:
Definition of 'throbbing'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Pounding or beating strongly or violently; "a throbbing pain"; "the throbbing engine of the boat"
noun
An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head" [syn: throb, throbbing, pounding]
noun
A sound with a strong rhythmic beat; "the throbbing of the engines"
Definition of 'Throbbing'
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]
Synonyms of 'throbbing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aching,
- achy,
- arrhythmia,
- backachy,
- barrage,
- beat,
- beating,
- cadenced,
- cadent,
- clicking,
- colicky,
- didder,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- dithers,
- drum,
- drum music,
- drumbeat,
- drumfire,
- drumming,
- fidgetiness,
- fidgets,
- flutter,
- fluttering,
- full,
- griping,
- headachy,
- heartbeat,
- heartthrob,
- heaving,
- in numbers,
- in rhythm,
- inquietude,
- measured,
- mellow,
- metric,
- migrainous,
- palpitant,
- palpitation,
- panting,
- paradiddle,
- patter,
- pitapat,
- pitter-patter,
- plangent,
- pound,
- pounding,
- pulsatile,
- pulsating,
- pulsation,
- pulsative,
- pulsatory,
- pulse,
- pulsing,
- quaking,
- quaver,
- quavering,
- quiver,
- quivering,
- rat-a-tat,
- rat-tat,
- rat-tat-tat,
- rataplan,
- rattattoo,
- resonant,
- resonating,
- restlessness,
- rhythm,
- rhythmic,
- rich,
- roll,
- rolling,
- rub-a-dub,
- ruff,
- ruffle,
- shakes,
- shaking,
- shiver,
- shivers,
- shudder,
- sonorous,
- spatter,
- spattering,
- splutter,
- spluttering,
- sputter,
- sputtering,
- staccato,
- stomachachy,
- tat-tat,
- tattoo,
- tempo,
- throb,
- thrum,
- thrumming,
- thumping,
- ticking,
- tom-tom,
- toothachy,
- tremble,
- trembling,
- tremor,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- twitter,
- unrest,
- vibrant,
- vibrating