Verb
/ˈpəlˌsāt/,
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pulsating, present participle; pulsated, past tense; pulsates, 3rd person singular present; pulsated, past participle;
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Expand and contract with strong regular movements
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blood vessels throb and pulsate
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Produce a regular throbbing sensation or sound
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Be very exciting
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victory in a pulsating semifinal
Web Definitions:
- expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
- pulse: produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube"
- (pulsation) (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"
- (pulsation) a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity
- (pulsation) pulse: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
- (PULSATION) Rapid fluctuations in pressure.
- To beat or throb in rhythm.