Heartbeat - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈhɑːrtbiːt|
Brit.
|ˈhɑːtbiːt|
noun
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart (syn: beat, pulsation, pulse)
- a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) (syn: flash, instant, jiffy, trice, twinkling, wink)
- an animating or vital unifying force
- a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) (syn: flash, instant, jiffy, trice, twinkling, wink)
- an animating or vital unifying force
New York is the commercial heartbeat of America
Extra examples
The patient had a rapid heartbeat.
...I'd accept a job offer from that company in a heartbeat....
In another heartbeat the whole valley was afloat.
New York is the commercial heartbeat of America
The doctor checked his heartbeat and respiration.
Things can change in a heartbeat.
He's receiving medication for an irregular heartbeat.
Slowly her heartbeat returned to normal.
This trace shows the heartbeat.
Word forms
noun
singular: heartbeat
plural: heartbeats
singular: heartbeat
plural: heartbeats
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