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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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My heart
Throbs to know one thing. --Shak.
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Here may his head lie on my throbbing breast. --Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Throb \Throb\, n.
A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a
violent beating; a papitation:
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The impatient throbs and longings of a soul
That pants and reaches after distant good. --Addison.
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WordNet throb
n 1: a deep pulsating type of pain
2: an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he
felt a throbbing in his head" [syn: throbbing, pounding]
v 1: pulsate or pound with abnormal force; "my head is
throbbing"; "Her heart was throbbing"
2: expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The
baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon
massaged it" [syn: pulsate, pulse]
3: tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement [syn: shudder,
shiver, thrill]
[also: throbbing, throbbed]

Moby Dictionary
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