plural of pul

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Afghan afghani.

The calabash or bottle gourd.

A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them.

(transitive, also figuratively) To emit or impel (something) in pulses or waves.

(uncountable) Annual leguminous plants (such as beans, lentils, and peas) yielding grains or seeds used as food for humans or animals; (countable) such a plant; a legume.

The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse. / Any rhythmic beating, throbbing etc. / (now rare) Physical striking; a blow. / A single beat, throb or vibration.

(US, telephony) A system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as the equivalent number of pulses.

(astronomy) A rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodically.

To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat. / To quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music. / To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.