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lub-dub en · INTJ

The low-pitched, longer first heart sound forms lub. The higher-pitched, shorter second heart sound forms dub.

(onomatopoeic) Used to represent the normal rhythm of the heart on auscultation, comprising the first and second heart sounds.
- Ralph tried to listen above the steady lub-dub, lub-dub of Ryan's heart, but soon he grew bored. Ryan's shirt was new and the flannel still fuzzy. Ralph nipped a hole in the front of the pocket for a better view and then, lulled by the muffled lub-dub, lub-dub and the steady rise and fall of Ryan's chest, fell asleep as if he were being rocked in a cradle. 1982, Beverly Cleary, Ralph S. Mouse, New York, NY: HarperCollins, published 2000, →ISBN, page 51:

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
lub-dup		alternative	lexicographic

The low-pitched, longer first heart sound forms lub. The higher-pitched, shorter second heart sound forms dub.

(intransitive) Of a heart, to beat.
- I pulled my eyes away to glance downstream at a cinder cone perched at the brink of the left Esplanade above the mouth of Prospect Canyon and the still-hidden Lava Falls. My heart lub-dubbed a few beats quicker. 1992, Michael P. Ghiglieri, Canyon, Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 237:

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
lub-dup		alternative	lexicographic
lub-dubs	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
lub-dubbed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
lub-dubbed	Tense=Past		lexicographic
lub-dubbing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic