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heartbeat

Syllabification: (heart·beat)
Pronunciation: /ˈhärtˌbēt/
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Definition of heartbeat

noun

  • the pulsation of the heart.
  • (usually heartbeats) a single pulsation of the heart:her heartbeats steadied
  • an animating or vital unifying force:conflict is the essential heartbeat of fiction

Phrases

a heartbeat away from

very close to; on the verge of:the man who is just a heartbeat away from the presidency

in a heartbeat

instantly; immediately:I’d do it again in a heartbeat

heartbeat in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of heartbeat in the British & World English dictionary