pulsate

Verb

Verb Forms: pulsated, pulsating, pulsates

To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or beat.
expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses
To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat.
To quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music.
To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.

Examples

His mind would pulsate with possible words, each a beat of strategy.
The party pulsated with revellers.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pulsātus, from pulsō (“I strike repeatedly”), from pellō (“I strike”). Doublet of push.

Synonyms

beat, pulse, quiver, throb

Scrabble Score: 9

pulsate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
pulsate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pulsate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

pulsate: valid Words With Friends Word