throbbing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: throbbing	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for throbbing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
throbbing adj pounding or beating strongly or violently; "a throbbing pain"; "the throbbing engine of the boat" n an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head" Synonym(s): throb, throbbing, pounding a sound with a strong rhythmic beat; "the throbbing of the engines"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Throb \Throb\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Throbbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Throbbing}.] [OE. [thorn]robben; of uncertain origin; cf. Russ. trepete a trembling, and E. trepidation.] To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc. My heart Throbs to know one thing. --Shak. Here may his head lie on my throbbing breast. --Shak.