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pulsethe regular beating of blood through your body that you can feel, for example at your wrist

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: the regular beating of blood through your body that you can feel, for example at your wrist

Pronunciation (IPA): /pʌls/

Korean meaning: 맥박, 심박

Korean pronunciation: **펄**스

Example Sentences

  • My pulse quickened when I saw the pizza delivery guy.
  • The music pulsed through the nightclub.
  • The nurse couldn't find my pulse because I was pretending to be dead to avoid the math test.

pulse

NOUN

//pʌls//

the regular beating of blood through your body that you can feel, for example at your wrist

pulse concept
💡 Concept

A pulse doctor checks patient's wrist for steady rhythmic heartbeat

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pulse rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

The pulse of life cannot help but impulse through you, making you convulse with every appulse of existence, never to repulse the rhythm within.

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/pʌls/
🇬🇧 UK/pʌls/

🌳Etymology

Rootpuls

Origin

From Latin 'pulsus,' the past participle of 'pellere' meaning 'to drive' or 'to beat.' The word originally referred to the beating or throbbing motion, later applied specifically to the rhythmic beating of the heart felt in arteries.

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🎵Rhyme

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📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My pulse quickened when I saw the pizza delivery guy.

The music pulsed through the nightclub.

😄 Fun example

The nurse couldn't find my pulse because I was pretending to be dead to avoid the math test.

The city seemed to pulse with life and activity.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

heartbeatthrobrhythmbeatpalpitation

Antonyms

stillnesssilence

Related

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