impulse
21impulse — im|pulse [ ım,pʌls ] noun * 1. ) count or uncount a sudden strong feeling that you must do something: an impulse to do something: Jenny felt a sudden impulse to play some music. control/resist an impulse: He struggled to resist the impulse to… …
22impulse — im|pulse [ˈımpʌls] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: impulsus, from the past participle of impellere; IMPEL] 1.) [U and C] a sudden strong desire to do something without thinking about whether it is a sensible thing to do = ↑urge impulse to do …
23impulse — /im puls/, n. 1. the influence of a particular feeling, mental state, etc.: to act under a generous impulse; to strike out at someone from an angry impulse. 2. sudden, involuntary inclination prompting to action: to be swayed by impulse. 3. an… …
24impulse — noun 1 (C, U) a sudden strong desire to do something before thinking whether it is a sensible thing to do: impulse to do sth: Gerry couldn t resist the impulse to skip work and go down to the beach. | on impulse (=because of an impulse): She had… …
25impulse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. thrust, push (see impulse); impromptu, improvisation (See unpreparedness). II Forward thrust Nouns 1. impulse, impulsion, impetus, momentum; push, thrust, shove, jog, nudge, prod, jolt, brunt,… …
26impulse — Synonyms and related words: actuation, archetypal pattern, archetype, atomic power, automatic writing, automatism, blind impulse, catalyst, collective unconscious, compulsion, compulsiveness, conditioning, constraint, drive, echolalia, echopraxia …
27impulse — im•pulse [[t]ˈɪm pʌls[/t]] n. 1) the influence of a particular feeling, mental state, etc.: a generous impulse[/ex] 2) sudden, involuntary inclination prompting to action: swayed by impulse[/ex] 3) an instance of this: an impulse to cry[/ex] 4)… …
28impulse — 1. A sudden pushing or driving force. 2. A sudden, often unreasoning, determination to perform some act. 3. The action potential of a nerve fiber. [L. im pello, pp. pulsus, to push against, impel (inp )] apex i. conventionally the lowermost,… …
29impulse — noun 1) she had an impulse to run and hide Syn: urge, instinct, drive, compulsion, itch; whim, desire, fancy, notion, inclination, temptation 2) passions provide the main impulse of poetry Syn …
30impulse — n. 1 the act or an instance of impelling; a push. 2 an impetus. 3 Physics a an indefinitely large force acting for a very short time but producing a finite change of momentum (e.g. the blow of a hammer). b the change of momentum produced by this… …
