Meanings
adjectivethrobby (comparative throbbier, superlative throbbiest)
comparative throbbier · superlative throbbiest
- throbbing
Some of its bass chords that sound good in meantone temperament sound throbby and wrong in equal temperament.
2001, Perry R. Cook, Music, cognition, and computerized sound, page 1801 more example
My heart did a throbby flip-flop when the buzzer sounded at last. It was all very well to ask a girl to my hotel suite, but I was new to such stuff[…]
1953, James M. Cain, Two O'Clock Blonde
Origin
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