The rhythmical throbbing of arteries produced by the regular contractions of the heart, especially as palpated at the wrist or in the neck, Any of a series of intermittent occurrences characterized by a brief sudden change in a quantity, A frequent pulse, intransitive verb_ To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to pulsate; to throb, Physics To undergo a series of intermittent occurrences characterized by brief, sudden changes in a quantity, transitive verb_ rare To drive by a pulsation; to cause to pulsate, verb_ to beat, to throb, to flash, to flow, particularly of blood, to emit in discrete quantities