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Definition of pulsate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. [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.
  2. [intransitive] to be full of excitement or energy synonym buzz
    • a pulsating game
    • pulsate with something The streets were pulsating with life.
  3. Word Originlate 18th cent. (earlier (Middle English) as pulsation): from Latin pulsat- ‘throbbed, pulsed’, from the verb pulsare, frequentative of pellere ‘to drive, beat’.
See pulsate in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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