throb

Universal Words verb, noun verb (-bb-) [V] ~ (with sth) 1 (of a part of the body) to feel a series of regular painful movements: His head throbbed painfully. * My feet were throbbing after the long walk home. 2 to beat or sound with a strong, regular rhythm: The ship's engines throbbed quietly. * a throbbing pain / drumbeat * The blood was throbbing in my veins. * (figurative) His voice was throbbing with emotion. * The club was throbbing to the beat of the music. noun (also throbbing) [sing.] a strong regular beat; a feeling of pain that you experience as a series of strong beats: the throb of the machines * My headache faded to a dull throbbing. seealsoHEART-THROB