heartbeat.
One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.
Meaning & usage
One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.
The policeman waited for a heartbeat in vain.
He alone gives me such heartbeats.
The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator.
If your heartbeat doesn't normalize soon, consult a doctor!
A driving impulse or vital force; the vital center of something.
Music is the heartbeat of the people.
A very short space of time; an instant.
The ambulance arrived in a heartbeat.
A periodic signal generated by hardware or software to indicate normal operation or to synchronize other parts of a system.
Where this word comes from
From heart + beat.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.