throbber
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throbber (plural throbbers)
- (graphical user interface) A widget consisting of a static image that animates during execution of a task.
- (slang) An erect penis.
- 1977, John Ironstone, Orphan, page 102:
- 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!
- 2009, Peter Hodgson, Critical Murder, page 128:
- She could feel his throbber pressing into her womanhood.