What is another word for heartbeat?

Common synonyms for heartbeat include blink of an eye, flash, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink.

What is the plural of heartbeat?

The plural of heartbeat is heartbeats.

/ˈhɑɹtˌbit/noun2 syllables

Heartbeat means: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat).

noun, as in a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

blink of an eye, flash, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute

noun, as in the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

pulse, pulsation, 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”

the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart“he could feel the beat of her heart”

an animating or vital unifying force“New York is the commercial heartbeat of America”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

When she squeezes my ass in public, it really gets my heartbeat going.sabretou
We listen to the heartbeat of the earth, steady and constant.Igider
The doctor monitored the patient's heartbeat and blood pressure.Eldad
She laid her head on my chest so she could listen to my heartbeat.caspian
Drown out the voice of uncertainty with the sound of your own heartbeat.alcalino
I'd do it all again in a heartbeat.patgfisher
Layla's medication was essential to maintain a steady heartbeat.OsoHombre
He had part of his atrium ablated because he had an abnormal heartbeat.mccarras

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as a noun