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- DictionaryIm·pulse/ˈimˌpəls/
noun
- 1. a sudden strong and unreflective urge or desire to act: "I had an almost irresistible impulse to giggle"
- 2. a driving or motivating force; an impetus: "an added impulse to this process of renewal"
to act under a generous impulse; to strike out at someone from an angry impulse. sudden, involuntary inclination prompting to action: to be swayed by impulse. an instance of this. a psychic drive or instinctual urge. an impelling action or force, driving onward or inducing motion.
noun. /ˈɪmpʌls/ [countable, usually singular, uncountable] impulse (to do something) a sudden strong wish or need to do something, without stopping to think about the results. He had a sudden impulse to stand up and sing. I resisted the impulse to laugh. Her first impulse was to run away.
An impulse is a sudden force or desire — this could be an electrical impulse, or an impulse to get some pizza. If you act on a sudden feeling or thought, you’re following an impulse. That's like a whim: an impulse isn't something you've given a lot of thought. Another meaning of impulse is an electrical charge or pulse.
1. an impelling force or motion; thrust; impetus. 2. a sudden desire, whim, or inclination: I bought it on an impulse. 3. an instinctive drive; urge. 4. tendency; current; trend. 5. (General Physics) physics. a. the product of the average magnitude of a force acting on a body and the time for which it acts.
4 days ago · noun. ( Mechanical engineering: Mechanics and dynamics) If an impulse is applied to an object, a force acts on it which lasts for a particular period of time. When a bat hits a ball, an impulse is applied to the ball because the bat puts a force on the ball for a short time. Forces applied over time create impulses .
a sudden feeling that you must do something, without thinking about the results: [ usually singular ] Her first impulse was to run away. on impulse. suddenly and without thinking first: I tend to act on impulse. impulse noun (SIGNAL)
Impulse definition, the influence of a particular feeling, mental state, etc.: to act under a generous impulse; to strike out at someone from an angry impulse. See more. Dictionary.com
