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sykkiä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • beat verb To hit repeatedly, or to defeat someone in a contest.
  • pulsate verb To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat, exhibit a pulse.
  • pulse noun The regular beat you feel in an artery, caused by the heart pumping blood.
  • throb verb To beat or pulse strongly and repeatedly, often with pain.

Senses

sykkiä is used for these senses in English:

  • beat (intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
  • pulsate To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat.
  • pulsate To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.
  • pulse (intransitive, chiefly, figuratively, and, literary) To expand and contract repeatedly, like an artery when blood is flowing though it, or the heart; to beat, to throb, to vibrate, to pulsate.
  • throb (intransitive) To vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm.

beat — full definition

  1. verb To hit repeatedly, or to defeat someone in a contest.
  2. verb To mix ingredients rapidly, usually with a whisk or spoon.
  3. noun A regular rhythmic pulse, especially in music.
  4. noun A journalist's or police officer's regular area of responsibility or patrol.
  5. adj Informal: completely exhausted.

pulsate — full definition

  1. verb To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat, exhibit a pulse.
  2. verb To quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music.
  3. verb To pulse, to be full of life, energy: to bustle, thrive, flourish.
  4. verb To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.

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