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throbby

throbby adjective: throbbing.

Adjective

throbby (comparative throbbier, superlative throbbiest)

  1. throbbing
    • My heart did a throbby flip-flop when the buzzer sounded at last. It was all very well to ask a girl to my hotel suite, but I was new to such stuff[…]1953, James M. Cain, Two O'Clock Blonde
    • Some of its bass chords that sound good in meantone temperament sound throbby and wrong in equal temperament.2001, Perry R. Cook, Music, cognition, and computerized sound, page 180

Forms of throbby

comparativethrobbier
superlativethrobbiest

Origin of throbby

From throb + -y.

Questions about throbby

What does throbby mean?
Throbby means throbbing.
What part of speech is throbby?
Throbby is an adjective.

Words near throbby in the dictionary

  1. throbbiest
  2. throbbin'
  3. throbbing
  4. throbbingly
  5. throbbings
  6. throbby
  7. throbless
  8. throbopoietin
  9. throbs
  10. throbsome
  11. throcanteric

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