throb

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• thrŏb
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• UK: /θɹɒb/
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• Canada, US: /θɹɑb/
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• Australian: /θɹɔb/
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• rhymes with -ɒb
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• CMU ARPABET: TH R AA1 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English throbben; possibly of imitative origin.

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَفَقَان (ḵafaqān) — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Arabic: خَفَقان (ḵafagān) — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Bulgarian: туптене (tuptene) — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Bulgarian: пулсиране (pulsirane) — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Czech: puls — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Czech: pulzování — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Czech: bušení — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Czech: tlukot — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Dutch: geklop — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Esperanto: pulso — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Finnish: tykytys — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Finnish: jyskytys — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Finnish: sykintä — beating, vibration or palpitation
• French: battement — beating, vibration or palpitation
• French: pulsation — beating, vibration or palpitation
• German: Pochen — beating, vibration or palpitation
• German: Klopfen — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Hungarian: lüktetés — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Irish: buille — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Irish: cuisle — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Italian: battito — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Italian: palpito — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Italian: pulsazione — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Portuguese: latejamento — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Romanian: pulsație — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Romanian: palpitație — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Romanian: vibrație — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Romanian: vibrare — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Russian: пульса́ция (pulʹsácija) — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Russian: бие́ние (bijénije) — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Scottish Gaelic: plosg — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Scottish Gaelic: plosgadh — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Spanish: palpitar — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Welsh: curiad — beating, vibration or palpitation
• Arabic: خَفَقَ (ḵafaqa) — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Bulgarian: тупкам (tupkam) — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Bulgarian: туптя (tuptja) — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Czech: bušit — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Czech: bít — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Dutch: kloppen — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Dutch: bonzen — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Finnish: jyskyttää — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Finnish: tykyttää — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• French: battre — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• French: palpiter — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Galician: latexar — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• German: klopfen — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• German: schlagen — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Ancient Greek: σφύζω (sphúzō) — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Ancient Greek: σκαρίζω (skarízō) — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Italian: battere — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Italian: picchiare — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Japanese: どきどき — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Japanese: ドキドキ — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Kabuverdianu: palpita — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Kapampangan: pintig — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Kapampangan: katug — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Kapampangan: tugingtuging — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Kapampangan: karug-karug — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Māori: whētuki — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Māori: panapana — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Māori: kapakapa — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Norwegian Bokmål: dunke — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Norwegian Bokmål: banke — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Polish: tętnić — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Portuguese: latejar — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Romanian: palpita — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Russian: би́ться (bítʹsja) — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Russian: стуча́ться (stučátʹsja) — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Scottish Gaelic: plosg — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Slovak: tĺcť — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Spanish: palpitar — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Swedish: bulta — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Swedish: dunka — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Vietnamese: phập phồng — to pound or beat rapidly or violently
• Arabic: خَفَقَ (ḵafaqa) — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Arabic: نَبَضَ (nabaḍa) — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Bulgarian: пулсирам (pulsiram) — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Chinese Mandarin: 搏動 /搏动 (bódòng) — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Czech: tepat — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Czech: bušit — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Czech: bít — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Czech: pulzovat — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Dutch: trillen — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Dutch: vibreren — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Finnish: jyskyttää — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Finnish: sykkiä — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• French: vibrer — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• French: résonner — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• French: battre — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Galician: latexar — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Galician: palpitar — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• German: pochen — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• German: klopfen — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• German: pulsieren — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Ancient Greek: σφύζω (sphúzō) — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Ancient Greek: σκαρίζω (skarízō) — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Hawaiian: ʻūpā — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Hungarian: lüktet — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Irish: preab — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Irish: frithbhuail — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Italian: pulsare — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Japanese: どきどきする (dokidoki suru) — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Kabuverdianu: palpita — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Kapampangan: tugingtuging-pipintig-pintig — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Latin: palpitō — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Norwegian Bokmål: banke — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Norwegian Bokmål: slå — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Portuguese: pulsar — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Romanian: pulsa — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Romanian: vibra — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Russian: би́ться (bítʹsja) — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Russian: пульси́ровать (pulʹsírovatʹ) — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Scottish Gaelic: plosg — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Slovak: tĺcť — to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
• Czech: pulzovat — to pulse in time with the circulation of blood
• Hawaiian: ʻūpā — to pulse in time with the circulation of blood
• Japanese: じんじんする (jinjin suru) — to pulse in time with the circulation of blood