throbbing

Other forms of throbbing

plural

throbbings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about throbbing

What does throbbing mean?

throbbing means "an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in throbbing?

throbbing has 2 syllables: throb-bing. The stress falls on "throb". In IPA it is /ˈθɹɑbɪŋ/.

What is another word for throbbing?

Close synonyms include throb, pounding. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is throbbing a common word?

throbbing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.