HEARTBEAT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an animating or vital unifying force
   Usage Example(s)
   • New York is the commercial heartbeat of America
   Hypernyms(s) heartbeat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • force (what does force mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
   Synonym(s)
   • beat (what does beat mean?)
   • pulsation (what does pulsation mean?)
   • pulse (what does pulse mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he could feel the beat of her heart
   Hypernyms(s) heartbeat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • periodic event (what does periodic event mean?)
   • recurrent event (what does recurrent event mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • diastole (what does diastole mean?)
   • systole (what does systole mean?)
   • throb (what does throb mean?)
   • throbbing (what does throbbing mean?)
   • pounding (what does pounding mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • beat (what does beat mean?)
   • pound (what does pound mean?)
   • thump (what does thump mean?)
   • pulsate (what does pulsate mean?)
   • throb (what does throb mean?)
   • pulse (what does pulse mean?)
   • pulsate (what does pulsate mean?)
   • throb (what does throb mean?)
   • pulse (what does pulse mean?)
   • pulsate (what does pulsate mean?)
   • throb (what does throb mean?)
   • pulse (what does pulse mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat)
   Synonym(s)
   • blink of an eye (what does blink of an eye mean?)
   • flash (what does flash mean?)
   • instant (what does instant mean?)
   • jiffy (what does jiffy mean?)
   • New York minute (what does New York minute mean?)
   • split second (what does split second mean?)
   • trice (what does trice mean?)
   • twinkling (what does twinkling mean?)
   • wink (what does wink mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • if I had the chance I”d do it in a flash
   Hypernyms(s) heartbeat is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • moment (what does moment mean?)
   • minute (what does minute mean?)
   • second (what does second mean?)
   • bit (what does bit mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • flash (what does flash mean?)