throbber

throb·ber
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UK/ˈθɹɒ.bə/US/ˈθɹɑ.bəɹ/

noun

A widget consisting of a static image that animates during execution of a task.

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Meanings

nounthrobber (plural throbbers)

plural throbbers

  1. computingA widget consisting of a static image that animates during execution of a task.
  2. slangAn erect penis.

    She could feel his throbber pressing into her womanhood.

    2009, Peter Hodgson, Critical Murder, page 128
    1 more example

    One look at that lifeguard's prong gave me a throbber like a baseball bat — not quite that big, of course, but at least that hard!

    1977, John Ironstone, Orphan, page 102

    Synonyms: babymaker, boner, bone, bonk-on, bonny, chubby, erection, fatty

  3. slangA term of abuse.

    "A d14? Are you mad? Why not just use a pack of cards Gorman you throbber?"

    2017, Richard Gorman, Horizons
    1 more example

    'Fuck. I didn't know that. I'll throw you a few coins when I see you under the bridge.' 'Cheers Royal, you throbber. That's if I even make it back. The taxi rides between Amman and Baghdad last time were ... entertaining. Not really looking forward to it all again next week. Baghdad had its moments an' all.'

    2019, Jack Leavers, Appetite for Risk

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

From throb + -er. In sense 1, after version 1.0 of the Netscape web browser, which used an animation of its logo (a big blue N) expanding and contracting, as in a throb.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

throbber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throbber

MLA

“throbber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throbber. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “throbber,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throbber.

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