throbbing
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throb
(thrŏb)intr.v. throbbed, throb·bing, throbs
1. To beat rapidly or violently, as the heart; pound.
2. To feel or be subjected to a pulsating pain: My toe was throbbing after I stubbed it.
3. To vibrate, pulsate, or sound with a steady pronounced rhythm: boat engines throbbing.
n.
A beating, pulsating, or vibration.
[Middle English throbben, of imitative origin.]
throb′bing·ly adv.
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Noun | 1. | throbbing - an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head" |
2. | throbbing - a sound with a strong rhythmic beat; "the throbbing of the engines" sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them" | |
Adj. | 1. | throbbing - pounding or beating strongly or violently; "a throbbing pain"; "the throbbing engine of the boat" rhythmic, rhythmical - recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose" |
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Translations
throbbing
[ˈθrɒbɪŋ]A. ADJ [heart] → palpitante; [engine] → vibrante; [pain] → punzante; [rhythm] → palpitante, vibrante
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
throbbing
n (of engine) → Klopfen nt, → Hämmern nt; (of drums, gunfire) → Dröhnen nt; (of heart, pulse) → Pochen nt
adj
pain → pulsierend; headache, head → pochend
music → hämmernd
(fig: = pulsating) place, nightlife → pulsierend
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
throbbing
a. palpitante;
___ pain → dolor ___.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
throbbing
(ger de throb) adj (pain) pulsátil, que duele con cada latido del corazónEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.