Verb: pulsate 'púl,seyt or ,púl'seyt
- Expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
"The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it";
- throb, pulse
- Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
"the city pulsated with music and excitement";
- beat, quiver
- Produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses
"pulsate waves";
- pulse
Derived forms: pulsated, pulsates, pulsating
Type of: beat, create, make, move, pound, produce, thump
Encyclopedia: Pulsate