heartbeat

/hˈɑɹtbˌit/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
   “he could feel the beat of her heart”
2. 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”
3. an animating or vital unifying force
   “New York is the commercial heartbeat of America”

Synonyms for heartbeat

• pulse
• pulsation
• beat
• blink of an eye
• flash
• instant
• jiffy
• split second
• trice
• twinkling
• wink
• New York minute

Words that rhyme with heartbeat

• beat
• seat
• sweet
• meet
• heat
• retreat
• complete
• sheet
• treat
• cheat
• fleet
• repeat
• eat
• neat
• cleat
• conceit
• concrete
• street
• bittersweet
• defeat
• greet
• receipt
• suite
• deceit
• delete
• discreet
• drumbeat
• meat
• pleat
• replete