bodybeat

One's natural biological rhythm, such as a heartbeat or the cadence of one's breathing.

Rap-tap! drums of inundation, of syncopation And a bodybeat / an ideo-beep in ideophone / A drivinghome, a drive-suite Against the eternal mattress / the clay carpet Of eternal rhythm / of divine rhyme Flowing from feet / street Into sacred fingers

Consider the effects of simple rhythm and "bodybeat sounds" on newborn infants.

To beat or pound one's body with the fists.

the same gesture for several goals (touch for nursing and riding) or different gestures for the same goal (slap ground and bodybeat for play)

Ogden and Schildkraut (1991) mention in their compilation of gorilla ethograms several auditory gestures such as backhand pound, bodybeat, chestbeat, chestpat, clap, knock, and slap surface; tactile gestures such as brush, nudge, poke, push, tag, and touch with hand; and visual gestures such as armcross, arm shake, armswing, extended palm, foot back, head shake, head turn, head twirl, and pat.