pulsate

pulsate is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. verb. To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.
2. verb. produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses

   "pulse waves"

   "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube"

   Synonyms: pulse

3. verb. expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically

   "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"

   Synonyms: pulse, throb

4. verb. move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

   "the city pulsated with music and excitement"

   Synonyms: beat, quiver

Synonyms

pulse, throb, beat, quiver

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in pulsate:

septula, spatule, upsteal

Common word forms

pulsated, pulsates, pulsating

Words from these letters

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