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.
Throb \Throb\, n. A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a papitation:
The impatient throbs and longings of a soul That pants and reaches after distant good. --Addison.
The sea was calm and, for several hours, the only sound came from the throb of propellers and the sloshing of water against hulls.
Hotels have repaired hurricane damage, palms sway and discos throb, but fine stretches of beach were blown away and the tourists, without whom Cancun has no purpose, are slow to return.
It didn't bother him at first, he said, but it started to throb overnight. "It was very painful indeed," he said.
President Robert Mugabe, who long agitated for Mandela's release from South African prisons, embraced the ANC activist on the tarmac as thousands of wellwishers cheered to the throb of tribal drummers when Mandela arrived from Zambia.