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
- verb To hit repeatedly, or to defeat someone in a contest.
- verb To mix ingredients rapidly, usually with a whisk or spoon.
- noun A regular rhythmic pulse, especially in music.
- noun A journalist's or police officer's regular area of responsibility or patrol.
- adj Informal: completely exhausted.
pulsate — full definition
- verb To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat, exhibit a pulse.
- verb To quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music.
- verb To pulse, to be full of life, energy: to bustle, thrive, flourish.
- verb To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.