pulsate

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat, exhibit a pulse. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. verb To quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music.

   The party pulsated with revellers.

3. verb To pulse, to be full of life, energy: to bustle, thrive, flourish.
4. verb To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Similar words

throb pulse beat quop pound drum palpitate pump pant pump up

Often followed by

with in and through as at to like or

Word family

pulsated pulsates pulsating