Definition: throb

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

throb
     n 1: a deep pulsating type of pain
     2: an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he
        felt a throbbing in his head" [syn: throbbing, pounding]
     v 1: pulsate or pound with abnormal force; "my head is
          throbbing"; "Her heart was throbbing"
     2: expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The
        city pulsed with with music and excitement" [syn: pulsate,
         pulse]
     3: tremble convulsively [syn: shudder, shiver, thrill]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Throb \Throb\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Throbbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Throbbing.] [OE. [thorn]robben; of uncertain origin; cf.
   Russ. trepete a trembling, and E. trepidation.]
   To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity;
   to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of
   the heart, pulse, etc.

         My heart Throbs to know one thing.       --Shak.

         Here may his head lie on my throbbing breast. --Shak.
Throb \Throb\, n.
   A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a
   violent beating; a papitation:

         The impatient throbs and longings of a soul That pants
         and reaches after distant good.          --Addison.