"pulsating" meaning in English

See pulsating in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more pulsating [comparative], most pulsating [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} pulsating (comparative more pulsating, superlative most pulsating)
  1. Very exciting. Derived forms: pulsatingly Translations (Translations): pulsátil (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pulsating-en-adj-tkHz4lsi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 19 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 56 25 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 12 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 74 15 11

Noun

Forms: pulsatings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pulsating (plural pulsatings)
  1. A pulsation.
    Sense id: en-pulsating-en-noun-zJTZWD~n

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} pulsating
  1. present participle and gerund of pulsate Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: pulsate
    Sense id: en-pulsating-en-verb-nlc6qAbF

Inflected forms

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