throb

1. intransitive verb,

-bb-

1) (palpitate, pulsate) pochen

2) [Motor, Artillerie:] dröhnen

2. noun

see 1.: Pochen, das; Dröhnen, das

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[Ɵrob] 1. past tense, past participle - throbbed; verb

1) ((of the heart) to beat: Her heart throbbed with excitement.) klopfen

2) (to beat regularly like the heart: The engine was throbbing gently.) pochen

3) (to beat regularly with pain; to be very painful: His head is throbbing (with pain).) pochen

2. noun

(a regular beat: the throb of the engine / her heart / her sore finger.) das Pochen

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throb

[θrɒb, AM θrɑ:b]

I. n Klopfen nt, Hämmern nt; of heart, pulse Schlagen nt, Pochen nt; of bass Dröhnen nt; of engine Hämmern nt, Dröhnen nt

II. vi

<-bb->

klopfen, pochen; pulse, heart pochen, schlagen; bass dröhnen; engine hämmern, dröhnen

his head \throbbed er hatte rasende Kopfschmerzen

a \throbbing pain ein pochender [o pulsierender] Schmerz

the town \throbs with life in the summer months (fig) in den Sommermonaten pulsiert in der Stadt das Leben

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[ɵrɒb]

1. vi

(engine) klopfen, hämmern; (drums, gunfire) dröhnen; (heart, pulse) pochen, klopfen; (painfully wound) pochen, pulsieren, klopfen; (very strongly) hämmern; (fig with life, activity) pulsieren (with vor +dat, mit)

my head was still throbbing (with pain) — ich hatte immer noch dieses Pochen im Kopf

my head is throbbing — ich habe rasende Kopfschmerzen

a street throbbing with people — eine Straße, die von Menschen wimmelt

2. n

(of engine) Klopfen nt, Hämmern nt; (of drums, gunfire) Dröhnen nt; (of heart, pulse, wound) Klopfen nt, Pochen nt, Hämmern nt

the throb of life — der Pulsschlag des Lebens

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throb [θrɒb; US θrɑb]

A v/i

a) (heftig) klopfen, pochen, hämmern (alle:

with vor dat):

his heart was throbbing with excitement;

his arm was throbbing with pain er hatte einen pochenden oder klopfenden Schmerz im Arm

b) hämmern (Maschine etc)

B s Klopfen n, Pochen n, Hämmern n

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1. intransitive verb,

-bb-

1) (palpitate, pulsate) pochen

2) [Motor, Artillerie:] dröhnen

2. noun

see 1.: Pochen, das; Dröhnen, das

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v.

klopfen v.