heartbeat (redirected from Heartbeat disambiguation)

heart·beat  (härtbt)

n.

1. A single complete pulsation of the heart.

2. A vital force or driving impulse: Broadway is the heartbeat of the New York City theater world.

3. An instant: The police arrived at the scene in a heartbeat.

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heartbeat [ˈhɑːtˌbiːt]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) one complete pulsation of the heart See diastole, systole

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heart•beat (ˈhɑrtˌbit)

n.

a pulsation of the heart, including one complete systole and diastole.

Idioms:

in a heartbeat, Informal. enthusiastically and without hesitation; in an instant.

[1840–50]

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Heartbeat 

See Also: AGITATION

1. Chest chiming like a cathedral gone berserk —Jonathan Gash
2. Feel his heart beating wildly inside his child’s body, like a bird in a frail cage —Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
3. Heart banged like a drum —Katherine Mansfield
4. Heart beating like an African drum —Hugh Walpole
5. (Mrs. Arkin’s) heart fluttered like a bird’s wing —Gloria Norris
6. Heart jumping like a puppy —Anne Sexton
7. Heart noisy as a crockcrow —Walter de la Mare

   See Also: NOISE

8. Heart pulsing like a womb which has just given birth —Erica Jong
9. Heart … running like a hamster on a wheel —Diane Ackerman
10. Hearts … like muffled drums, are beating funeral marches to the grave —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
11. A heart that ran up and down within the cage of ribs like a restless panther —Leonard Casper
12. Heart thumping like a June bug —Anne Sexton
13. Heart thumping like an outboard —Richard Ford
14. His heart … beat high and fast like the ticking of a watch under a pillow —Frank Swinnerton
15. His heart began to give off tremendous explosions like a rifle —Eudora Welty
16. His heart beating, fiercely, like a small clock —Celia Dale
17. His heart flapped like a mass of furled banners —Bernard Malamud
18. His heart fluttered like that of a small bird about to be stoned —Alice Walker
19. My heart leaps forward like a hungry dog —Karl Shapiro
20. My heart pounds away, confident as a clock —Denise Levertov
21. My heart pounds down on itself like an anvil —Richard Ford
22. My heart staggers like a drunk —George Garrett
23. My heart was beating intolerably like a held bird —Reynolds Price
24. The noise that his heart valve produced sounded like two mechanical mice making love in a spoon drawer —Tom Robbins
25. Heart like a bass drum in her chest —Susan Richards Shreve
26. Heart [of a skylark] … drumming like a motor —Ted Hughes
27. (In his ears his) heart sounded like jungle drums —Mary Hedin

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	heartbeat - the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart" beat, pulse, pulsation 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 throbbing, pounding, throb - an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head"
	2.	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" instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, blink of an eye, flash mo, moment, second, minute, bit - an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
	3.	heartbeat - an animating or vital unifying force; "New York is the commercial heartbeat of America" force - a powerful effect or influence; "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"

Translations

heartbeat [ˈhɑːtbiːt] N (gen) → latido m del corazón

heartbeat [ˈhɑː^rtbiːt] n → battement m de cœur

heartbeat [ˈhɑːtˌbiːt] n (single) → pulsazione f; (rate) → battiti mpl del cuore

heart·beat

n.  latido del corazón, [rapid] palpitación; ectopic ___ → ___ ectópico.