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throbbers

throbbers is the plural of throbber.

Meaning of throbber

Noun

throbber (plural throbbers)

  1. A widget consisting of a static image that animates during execution of a task.
  2. (slang) An erect penis.
    • One look at that lifeguard's prong gave me a throbber like a baseball bat — not quite that big, of course, but at least that hard!1977, John Ironstone, Orphan, page 102
  3. (slang) A term of abuse.
    • "A d14? Are you mad? Why not just use a pack of cards Gorman you throbber?"2017, Richard Gorman, Horizons

Questions about throbbers

What is throbbers the plural of?
Throbbers is the plural of throbber.

Words near throbbers in the dictionary

  1. throatworts
  2. throaty
  3. throb
  4. throbbed
  5. throbber
  6. throbbers
  7. throbbeth
  8. throbbier
  9. throbbiest
  10. throbbin'
  11. throbbing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: throbbers (page history and authors); throbber (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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