Heartbeat (Jimmy Somerville song)
WordNet
noun
(1) An animating or vital unifying force
"New York is the commercial heartbeat of America"
(2) The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
"He could feel the beat of her heart"
(3) A very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat)
"If I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.
- The policeman waited for a heartbeat in vain
- He alone gives me such heartbeats
- The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator
- If your heartbeat doesn't normalize soon, consult a doctor!
- A driving impulse or vital force.
- Music is the heartbeat of the people
- A very short space of time; an instant.
- The ambulance arrived in a heartbeat
- A periodic signal generated by hardware or software to indicate normal operation or to synchronize other parts of a system.