1. impulse

noun. ['ˈɪmpəls, ˌɪmˈpʌls'] an instinctive motive.

Rhymes with Impulse

• repulse
• hulse
• hulce
• dulce

How do you pronounce impulse?

Pronounce impulse as ˌɪmˈpəls.

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Sentences with impulse

1. Adjective
Out of desperation or anger, on impulse, one partner may pack up and leave the marital residence.

2. Noun, singular or mass
When you receive a frightening or disgusting text message, your impulse may be to delete it.

Quotes about impulse

1. I have had this longstanding interest in going back to school to get a Ph.D. in art history. I was especially interested in exploring this idea of the ecstatic impulse in an artist.
- Jandy Nelson

2. Hope is a necessity for normal life and the major weapon against the suicide impulse.
- Karl A. Menninger

3. Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

2. impulse-buy

verb. buy on impulse without proper reflection.

3. impulse

noun. ['ˈɪmpəls, ˌɪmˈpʌls'] a sudden desire.

4. impulse

noun. ['ˈɪmpəls, ˌɪmˈpʌls'] the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber.

5. impulse

noun. ['ˈɪmpəls, ˌɪmˈpʌls'] the act of applying force suddenly.

6. impulse

noun. ['ˈɪmpəls, ˌɪmˈpʌls'] (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients).

7. impulse

noun. ['ˈɪmpəls, ˌɪmˈpʌls'] an impelling force or strength.