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1. Expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
   "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
   - throb, pulse
    
2. Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
   "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
   - beat, quiver
    
3. Produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses
   "pulsate waves"
   - pulse

Derived forms: pulsated, pulsating, pulsates

See also: pulsation, pulse

Type of: beat, create, make, move, pound, produce, thump