Dictionary

throbber en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈθɹɒ.bə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Australia) audio
• /ˈθɹɑ.bəɹ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From throb + -er. In sense 1, after version 1.0 of the Netscape web browser, which used an animation of its logo (a big blue N) expanding and contracting, as in a throb.

Meanings

1. A widget consisting of a static image that animates during execution of a task.
2. (slang) An erect penis.
   • One look at that lifeguard's prong gave me a throbber like a baseball bat — not quite that big, of course, but at least that hard! 1977, John Ironstone, Orphan, page 102:
   • She could feel his throbber pressing into her womanhood. 2009, Peter Hodgson, Critical Murder, page 128:
3. (slang) A term of abuse.
   • 'Fuck. I didn't know that. I'll throw you a few coins when I see you under the bridge.' 'Cheers Royal, you throbber. That's if I even make it back. The taxi rides between Amman and Baghdad last time were ... entertaining. Not really looking forward to it all again next week. Baghdad had its moments an' all.' 2019, Jack Leavers, Appetite for Risk:
   • "A d14? Are you mad? Why not just use a pack of cards Gorman you throbber?" 2017, Richard Gorman, Horizons:

Forms

Hypernyms

dong · peter · hot rod · pink cigar · pisser · schlong · yard · disco stick · winky · toy · purple-headed yogurt slinger · whang · bald-headed hermit · tube steak · rutter · skin flute · prick · jamoke · meatstick · hairy canary · knob · meat puppet · rape tool · pud · pee-pee · wang · male member · hoo-hoo · phallus · tongue · down · it · colloquial · sex tool · winkle · todger · widdler · eel · choad · Yiddish) · jimmy · pillicock · gherkin · boonga · hagfish · pink oboe · corey · dingaling · putz · kielbasa · machine · rod · pike · sucker · old fellow · dog bone · willy · love muscle · weapon · jade stalk · hose · truncheon · thing · thingy · shlong · piece · unit · hog · whale · tail · anaconda · fucker · pee-wee · pork sword · shaft · ding-a-ling · dock · root · peen · banana · ying-yang · gun · swipe · Excalibur · Master John Goodfellow · tallywhacker · python · schmuck · tadger · dipstick · cack · man-meat · dirk · dicklet · verge · fish · dick · Jonathan · choda · p-word · love truncheon · hooter · hot dog · dingle · job · wee-wee · love sausage · pizzle · johnson · third leg · member · pickle · piece of pork · one-eyed trouser snake · stretcher · pecker · short arm · hammer · stem · crank · Donkey Kong · tic tac · love stick · tool · snausage · sausage · dork · diddly · pingas · langer · jigger · birdie · spitstick · wingwang · willie · fire hose · dingy · manhood · meat scepter · eggplant · joint · pipe · meat stick · chode · custard launcher · peener · nature's scythe · pintle · magnum · piston · dinger · bird · jock · dinkle · tagger · trouser monkey · D · virile member · bobby · lad · donger · old chap · organ · diddle · pistol · membrum virile · lingam · doodle · salami · shmekl (q · weeny · plonker · cock · ramrod · widgie · tarse · meat rod · baloney pony · pego · cigar · package · love wand · chopper · dingus · trouser snake · snake · Percy · cucumber · meat · dink · wiener · joystick · weenie · ding-dong · fuckpole · John Thomas · wick · nob · penis

Synonyms

pocket rocket · wood · lob-on · schlong · stiffy · lumber · chubby · boner · rager · throbber · fatty · shaft · prong · rod-on · surgation · bonk-on · bone · erection · woody · bonny · stiffie · hard-on · babymaker