pulsate.
To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat, exhibit a pulse.
Meaning & usage
To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat, exhibit a pulse.
To quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music.
The party pulsated with revellers.
To pulse, to be full of life, energy: to bustle, thrive, flourish.
To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.
Where this word comes from
Perhaps formed within English as a back-formation from pulsation (attested from the early 15th century, in Middle English). A figurative derivation from New Latin pulsō, pulsātum (“(of an organ) to pulse, to emit a pulse”, intransitive) is also possible, itself a back-formation of New Latin pulsātiō (“pulsation”, 14th century), or derived from classical Latin pulsō (“to strike repeatedly”, transitive) with semantic influence from classical pulsus (“a pulse”). Ultimately from Latin pellō (“to strike”). By surface analysis, pulse + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of push.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.