'heartbeat' definitions:
Definition of 'heartbeat'
(from WordNet)
noun
The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart" [syn: pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat]
noun
A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" [syn: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute]
noun
An animating or vital unifying force; "New York is the commercial heartbeat of America"
Definition of 'heartbeat'
From: GCIDE
- heartbeat \heartbeat\ n. the audible and palpable rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; as, he listened to her heartbeat with a stethoscope.
- Syn: pulse, pulsation, beat. [WordNet 1.5]
- in a heartbeat immediately. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'heartbeat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anima,
- animating force,
- arrhythmia,
- atman,
- bathmism,
- beat,
- beating,
- beating heart,
- biological clock,
- biorhythm,
- blood,
- breath,
- breath of life,
- divine breath,
- divine spark,
- drumming,
- elan vital,
- essence of life,
- flutter,
- force of life,
- growth force,
- heart,
- heartblood,
- heartthrob,
- impulse of life,
- inspiriting force,
- jiva,
- jivatma,
- life breath,
- life cycle,
- life essence,
- life force,
- life principle,
- life process,
- lifeblood,
- living force,
- palpitation,
- pitapat,
- pitter-patter,
- pneuma,
- prana,
- pulsation,
- pulse,
- rat-a-tat,
- rataplan,
- rhythm,
- seat of life,
- soul,
- spark of life,
- spirit,
- staccato,
- tempo,
- throb,
- throbbing,
- vis vitae,
- vis vitalis,
- vital energy,
- vital flame,
- vital fluid,
- vital force,
- vital principle,
- vital spark,
- vital spirit