/pʌls/
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Translation
The regular beat of blood in your body that you can feel at your wrist or neck.
Word origin
From Latin pulsus, meaning a beating, from pellere, to push or drive.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- pulsus
- English cognates
- impulse
Grammar
Gender
Pluralpulses
Examples
.
She felt the beat of his blood to count how fast his heart was going.
raced .
A racing pulse means the heart is beating very fast.
wrist.
Press two fingers on your wrist to feel the beat.
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