MEANING
1. To beat or vibrate in a pronounced rhythmic pulse.
2. To ache with repeated strong pulses.
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Words that belong together
- throb in the wall
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A low vibration throbbed in the wall.
The swollen vein throbbed visibly.
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Word forms
- Base
- throb
- Past tense
- throbbed
- Past participle
- throbbed
- Present participle
- throbbing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- throb
- Present continuous
- am/is/are throbbing
- Present perfect
- have/has throbbed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been throbbing
- Past
- throbbed
- Past continuous
- was/were throbbing
- Past perfect
- had throbbed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been throbbing
- Future
- will throb
- Future continuous
- will be throbbing
- Future perfect
- will have throbbed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been throbbing
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: throb; throbs; throbbed; throbbed; throbbing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: throbs.
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