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Webster 1913 Edition
Throb
Throb
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Throbbed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Throbbing
.] [OE.
þrobben
; 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.
My heart
Throbs
to know one thing. Shakespeare
Here may his head lie on my
throbbing
breast. Shakespeare
Throb
,Noun.
A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation:
The impatient
That pants and reaches after distant good.
throbs
and longings of a soulThat pants and reaches after distant good.
Addison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Throb
THROB
,Verb.
I.
My heart throbs to know one thing.
We apply the word also the breast.
Here may his head live on my throbbing breast.
THROB
,Noun.
Thou talk'st like one who never felt
Th' impatient throbs and longings of a soul
That pants and reaches after distant good.
Definition 2024
throb
throb
English
Verb
throb (third-person singular simple present throbs, present participle throbbing, simple past and past participle throbbed)
- (intransitive) To pound or beat rapidly or violently
- (intransitive) To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
- (intransitive, of a body part) To pulse (often painfully) in time with the circulation of blood.
Derived terms
Translations
to pound or beat rapidly or violently
to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
Noun
throb (plural throbs)
- A beating, vibration or palpitation
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Part 2
- My bosom was now bare, and rising in the warmest throbs, presented to his sight and feeling the firm hard swell of a pair of young breasts, such as may be imagin'd of a girl not sixteen, fresh out of the country
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Part 2
Translations
beating, vibration or palpitation