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intransitive verb
throb
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Verb
Synonyms: Verb
beat, palpitate, pit-a-pat, pitter-patter, pulsate, pulse
Synonyms: Noun
beat, beating, palpitation, pulsation, pulse
Noun
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15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
1578, in the meaning defined above
Middle English throbben
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