heartbeat

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UK /ˈhɑːtˌbiːt/ US /ˈhɑɹtˌbit/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

irregular, regular

racing

After running up the stairs, his racing heartbeat slowly returned to normal.

VERB + HEARTBEAT

monitor | feel

PHRASES

the sound/thud of a heartbeat

She listened carefully to the sound of his heartbeat through the stethoscope.

Definitions

noun

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.

Dream Body Recovery is just one of countless recovery houses that have cropped up in Miami, which has become the heartbeat of the B.B.L. boom in the United States. The average price of a B.B.L. nationwide is around $5,000, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

A very short space of time; an instant.

The ambulance arrived in a heartbeat.

Cause I love you more than life Take a bullet for you I swear, I swear In a heartbeat

A periodic signal generated by hardware or software to indicate normal operation or to synchronize other parts of a system.

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Synonyms

noun — the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with

noun — a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

in a heartbeat

Without hesitation or reservation; at once.

“Colgate would sell Princess House in a heartbeat, if it could find a buyer,” said Bonita Austin.

Example Bank

The policeman waited for a heartbeat in vain.

Wiktionary

He alone gives me such heartbeats.

Wiktionary

Both CRT-Ds and ICDs are implanted under the skin, in the patient’s upper chest area. The devices have wires called leads that attach to the heart and regulate the rhythm of the muscle. Defibrillators

Wiktionary

The doctor monitored the patient's heartbeat and blood pressure.

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She laid her head on my chest so she could listen to my heartbeat.

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I'm listening to your heartbeat.

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