Dictionary Definition
throb
Noun
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]
Verb
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- thrŏb, /θrɒb/, /TrQb/
Derived terms
Translations
To pound or beat rapidly or violently
- Finnish: jyskyttää
To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm
Noun
- A beating, vibration or palpitation
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Extensive Definition
Throb was a sitcom syndicated from 1986 to
1988 in the US on the Fox Network.
It revolved around thirty-something divorcee Sandy Beatty who gets
a job at a small New Wave
record label, Throb. Beatty's boss is Zach Armstrong, who looks
like Michael J.
Fox but dresses like Don Johnson.
Beatty also has a 12-year old son named Jeremy.
Most notable was that it was the first time much
of the American TV audience saw Jane Leeves,
who later gained fame as Daphne Moon
on Frasier.
Also notable is the casting of a young Paul Walker,
who played Jeremy Beatty for the first season. Walker became a
certified leading man in Hollywood some 15 years later, especially
after his breakthrough role in
The Fast and the Furious.
The show was distributed by Procter
& Gamble Productions.
Cast
Diana Canova
- Sandy Beatty Jonathan
Prince - Zachary Armstrong Paul Walker -
Jeremy Beatty (1986-87) Sean de
Veritch - Jeremy Beatty (1987-88) Maryedith
Burrell - Meredith Jane Leeves -
"Blue" (Prudence Anne Bartlett) Richard
Cummings, Jr. - Phil Gaines
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ache,
agonize, ail, anguish, arrhythmia, bar beat,
barrage, beat, beat a ruffle, beat a tattoo,
beating, bicker, blanch, blench, dance, didder, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, downbeat, drum, drum music, drumbeat, drumfire, drumming, feel pain, feel the
pangs, fidget, fidgetiness, fidgets, flap, flick, flicker, flip, flip out, flit, flitter, flop, flutter, freak out on, get high
on, glow, go pitapat,
grimace, gutter, have a misery, have the
fidgets, have the shakes, heartbeat, heartthrob, heave, heaving, hurt, inquietude, jerk, offbeat, palpitate, palpitation, pant, panting, paradiddle, patter, pitapat, pitter-patter, pound, pounding, pulsate, pulsation, pulse, quake, quaking, quaver, quavering, quiver, quivering, rat-a-tat, rat-tat,
rat-tat-tat, rataplan,
rattattoo, resonate, restlessness, rhythm, roll, rub-a-dub, ruff, ruffle, shake, shakes, shaking, shiver, shivers, shoot, shrink, shudder, slat, smart, sound a tattoo, spatter, splatter, splutter, sputter, squirm, staccato, suffer, swell, swell with emotion,
tat-tat, tattoo, tempo, thrill, thrill to, throbbing, thrum, thump, thumping, tick, ticktock, tingle, tingle with excitement,
tom-tom, toss, toss and
turn, tremble, trembling, tremor, trepidation, trepidity, tumble, turn on to, twinge, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, unrest, upbeat, vibrate, wave, waver, wiggle, wince, wriggle, writhe