[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

throb \throb\, v. i. imp.  p. p. throbbed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   throbbing. oe. thornrobben; 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.
   1913 webster

         my heart
         throbs to know one thing.                --shak.
   1913 webster

         here may his head lie on my throbbing breast. --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
throbbed throbbing 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

throbbing
     adj : pounding or beating strongly or violently; "a throbbing
           pain"; "the throbbing engine of the boat"
     n 1: an instance of rapid strong pulsation of the heart; "he
          felt a throbbing in his head" syn: throb, pounding
     2: a sound with a strong rhythmic beat; "the throbbing of the
        engines"
see also:
throb pounding 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

throb
     n 1: a deep pulsating type of pain
     2: an instance of rapid strong pulsation of the heart; "he
        felt a throbbing in his head" syn: throbbing, pounding
     v 1: pulsate or pound with abnormal force; "my head is
          throbbing"; "her heart was throbbing"
     2: expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "the
        baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon
        massaged it" syn: pulsate, pulse
     3: tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement syn: shudder,
         shiver, thrill
     also: throbbing, throbbed
see also:
throbbing pounding pulsate pulse shudder shiver 
thrill throbbed 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

throbbing
     see throb
see also:
throb 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

108 moby thesaurus words for "throbbing":
   aching, achy, arrhythmia, backachy, barrage, beat, beating,
   cadenced, cadent, clicking, colicky, didder, disquiet, disquietude,
   dithers, drum, drum music, drumbeat, drumfire, drumming,
   fidgetiness, fidgets, flutter, fluttering, full, griping, headachy,
   heartbeat, heartthrob, heaving, in numbers, in rhythm, inquietude,
   measured, mellow, metric, migrainous, palpitant, palpitation,
   panting, paradiddle, patter, pitapat, pitter-patter, plangent,
   pound, pounding, pulsatile, pulsating, pulsation, pulsative,
   pulsatory, pulse, pulsing, quaking, quaver, quavering, quiver,
   quivering, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, rataplan, rattattoo,
   resonant, resonating, restlessness, rhythm, rhythmic, rich, roll,
   rolling, rub-a-dub, ruff, ruffle, shakes, shaking, shiver, shivers,
   shudder, sonorous, spatter, spattering, splutter, spluttering,
   sputter, sputtering, staccato, stomachachy, tat-tat, tattoo, tempo,
   throb, thrum, thrumming, thumping, ticking, tom-tom, toothachy,
   tremble, trembling, tremor, trepidation, trepidity, twitter,
   unrest, vibrant, vibrating

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