Etymology

throb

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Today it means: To pound or beat rapidly or violently. Full definition →

Middle English throbben
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromthrobben
  2. English todaythrob

From Middle English throbben; possibly of imitative origin. Cognate with Scots thrab (“to throb”). Compare also drub.

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