pulsate
verb /pʌlˈseɪt/
/ˈpʌlseɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pulsate | /pʌlˈseɪt/ /ˈpʌlseɪt/ |
| he / she / it pulsates | /pʌlˈseɪts/ /ˈpʌlseɪts/ |
| past simple pulsated | /pʌlˈseɪtɪd/ /ˈpʌlseɪtɪd/ |
| past participle pulsated | /pʌlˈseɪtɪd/ /ˈpʌlseɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form pulsating | /pʌlˈseɪtɪŋ/ /ˈpʌlseɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to make strong regular movements or sounds
- pulsating rhythms
- a pulsating headache
- Lights were pulsating in the sky.
- The lights were pulsating in time with the throbbing music.
- [intransitive] to be full of excitement or energy synonym buzz
- a pulsating game
- pulsate with something The streets were pulsating with life.
Word Originlate 18th cent. (earlier (Middle English) as pulsation): from Latin pulsat- ‘throbbed, pulsed’, from the verb pulsare, frequentative of pellere ‘to drive, beat’.