heartbeat
11heartbeat — UK [ˈhɑː(r)tˌbiːt] / US [ˈhɑrtˌbɪt] noun Word forms heartbeat : singular heartbeat plural heartbeats 1) [countable] the movement or sound of your heart as it makes blood flow round your body The doctor listened to my heartbeat. an irregular… …
12heartbeat — heart|beat [ˈha:tbi:t US ˈha:rt ] n [U and C] 1.) the action or sound of your heart as it pumps blood through your body 2.) be a heartbeat away from sth to be very close to a situation or position 3.) in a heartbeat AmE very quickly, without… …
13heartbeat — heart|beat [ hart,bit ] noun 1. ) count the movement or sound of your heart as it pumps blood around your body: The doctor listened to my heartbeat. an irregular heartbeat 2. ) LITERARY a moment in a heartbeat used for saying that you are willing …
14heartbeat — [[t]hɑ͟ː(r)tbiːt[/t]] heartbeats 1) N SING: oft poss N Your heartbeat is the regular movement of your heart as it pumps blood around your body. Your baby s heartbeat will be monitored continuously. 2) N COUNT A heartbeat is one of the movements… …
15heartbeat — /ˈhatbit/ (say hahtbeet) noun 1. a pulsation of the heart, including one complete systole and diastole. 2. the pattern of repeated heartbeats: her heartbeat was regular. 3. a very short time: they were just a heartbeat away from disaster. –phrase …
16heartbeat — noun Date: 1850 1. one complete pulsation of the heart 2. the vital center or driving impulse 3. a brief space of time ; flash used chiefly in the phrase in a heartbeat …
17heartbeat — noun a) One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it. The policeman waited for a heartbeat in vain b) The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator He alone gives me such heartbeats …
18heartbeat — noun a pulsation of the heart. Phrases a heartbeat away very close …
19heartbeat — noun (C, U) the action or sound of your heart as it pumps blood through your body: the amount of blood pumped by each heartbeat …
20heartbeat — heart•beat [[t]ˈhɑrtˌbit[/t]] n. phl a pulsation of the heart, including one complete systole and diastole • in a heartbeat Etymology: 1840–50 …
