heartbeat Syllabification: (heart·beat)Pronunciation: /ˈhärtˌbēt/Translate heartbeat | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish 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 fictionPhrases 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 heartbeatheartbeat in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of heartbeat in the British & World English dictionary
