English language

How to pronounce throbbing in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms pounding, throb
Type of beat, heartbeat, pulsation, pulse
Derivation throb


he felt a throbbing in his head.
Type Words
Type of sound


the throbbing of the engines.
Type Words


a throbbing pain.
the throbbing engine of the boat.

Examples of throbbing

throbbing
When they smile at me, I forget how tired I am and that my thighs are throbbing.
From the latimes.com
The physical feats, backed by a throbbing, danceable techno-beat, are demanding.
From the suntimes.com
Unlike David Cameron, I'd love him and his throbbing brain to be in the Cabinet.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
It's a throbbing life force found deep in the psyche of only the elite of elite.
From the orlandosentinel.com
If you like hard rocking, gut-throbbing, energy music you will love Dirty Water.
From the ocregister.com
Concupiscent ducks fly in a crazy syntax over powerboats throbbing in the canal.
From the time.com
But lo and behold, the ache and stiffness and throbbing and misery would return.
From the huffingtonpost.com
Now often we've heard about migraines should be one-sided, should be throbbing.
From the abcnews.go.com
A slip on snow during a jog two weeks ago tweaked the knee, leaving it throbbing.
From the freep.com
More examples
  • Pulsate or pound with abnormal force; "my head is throbbing"; "Her heart was throbbing"
  • A deep pulsating type of pain
  • An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head"
  • Pulsate: expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
  • Shudder: tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
  • Throb was an American television sitcom broadcast in syndication from 1986 to 1988. It revolved around thirty-something divorcee Sandy Beatty (Diana Canova) who gets a job at a small New Wave record label, Throb. Beatty's boss is Zach Armstrong (Jonathan Prince), who looks like Michael J. ...
  • "Throb" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her fifth studio album, janet. (1993). Released as the album's sixth single in 1994, the track is the second B-side to "Any Time, Any Place", the album's fifth single.
  • (The Throbs) The Throbs were a sleaze rock band from New York City formed in 1988. They featured singer Ronnie Sweetheart, guitarist Roger Ericson, bassist Danny Nordahl, and drummer Ronnie Magri. ...
  • A beating, vibration or palpitation; To pound or beat rapidly or violently; To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm