Dictionary definition · pulsate
verb
- expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically"The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion"the city pulsated with music and excitement"
- produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses"pulse waves"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).