/hɑˈɹtbiˌts/ - [harbeets] -
We found 3 definitions of heartbeats from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: heartbeats |
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heartbeat - an animating or vital unifying force; "New York is the commercial heartbeat of America" | ||
heartbeat - the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart" | ||
pulse, pulsation, beat | ||
periodic event, recurrent event an event that recurs at intervals | ||
diastole the widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood | ||
systole the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery | ||
heartbeat - 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" | ||
blink of an eye, flash, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute | ||
mo, minute, moment, second, bit a short note; "the secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting" |