pulsate
1. [ verb ] expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
Synonyms: throb pulse
Examples:

"The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"

Related terms: beat beat pulse pulse
2. [ verb ] move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
Synonyms: quiver beat
Examples:

"the city pulsated with music and excitement"

Related terms: move
3. [ verb ] (electronics) produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses
Synonyms: pulse
Examples:

"pulse waves" "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube"

Related terms: produce pulsation
Similar spelling:   pulsation
  pulsating
  pulsed
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