Heartbeat
noun
The act and sound of the heart pumping blood.
You can feel your heartbeat by placing your hand on your chest.
Often appears as...
- feel a heartbeat
- steady heartbeat
noun
The very central or critical part of something.
He is the heartbeat of the team, without him, they can't win.
Often appears as...
- heartbeat of the team
- heartbeat of the city
Usage tips
Approving
Colloquial
noun
A very short time.
I'll be back in a heartbeat.
Often appears as...
- in a heartbeat
- skip a heartbeat
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A strong or the strongest affection for someone.
She is his heartbeat, he loves her dearly.
Often appears as...
- she is his heartbeat
- your my heartbeat
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Idiomatic
noun
The act and sound of the heart pumping blood.
You can feel your heartbeat by placing your hand on your chest.
Often appears as...
- feel a heartbeat
- steady heartbeat
noun
The very central or critical part of something.
He is the heartbeat of the team, without him, they can't win.
Often appears as...
- heartbeat of the team
- heartbeat of the city
Usage tips
Approving
Colloquial
noun
A very short time.
I'll be back in a heartbeat.
Often appears as...
- in a heartbeat
- skip a heartbeat
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A strong or the strongest affection for someone.
She is his heartbeat, he loves her dearly.
Often appears as...
- she is his heartbeat
- your my heartbeat
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Sensation
Used to describe feeling one's own or another's pulse as a physical experience.
After running, I could hear my heartbeat in my ears.
Pro Tip 2/2Health Indicator
Indicates health or emotional state, such as anxiety, excitement, or fitness level.
The doctor checked the steady heartbeat of the patient.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Sensation
Used to describe feeling one's own or another's pulse as a physical experience.
After running, I could hear my heartbeat in my ears.
Pro Tip 2/2Health Indicator
Indicates health or emotional state, such as anxiety, excitement, or fitness level.
The doctor checked the steady heartbeat of the patient.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Sensation
Used to describe feeling one's own or another's pulse as a physical experience.
After running, I could hear my heartbeat in my ears.
Pro Tip 2/2Health Indicator
Indicates health or emotional state, such as anxiety, excitement, or fitness level.
The doctor checked the steady heartbeat of the patient.
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The surprising thing I...
within that depression. The sky cleared, the rain stopped, and our heartbeat, the monstrous seas around us were transformed into the most beautiful moonlit mountains. It's hard to explain, but you enter a different mode when you head out there. Your boat is your entire world,
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Heart 101 PIPE National...
and up to three billion times over an average lifespan. But there are conditions that can disrupt a heartbeat and that normality. They can range from myocardial infarction or heart attack to heart disease and hypertension. In contrast, exercise and emotional excitement
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Tornadoes 101 PIPE National...
wake of destruction they can form in seconds change direction in a heartbeat and their devastation can last a lifetime exactly how and why tornadoes occur is still a bit of a mystery but an indication that one is forming is a wall cloud fast-moving winds roll air below
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How do we experience...
Although automotive accidents typically last seconds, those involved often say they felt the accident lasted far longer. Time perception can also account for why your childhood may have seem to have lasted forever. By adulthood, a year can slip by in a heartbeat,
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Your brain hallucinates...
either in time or out of time with their heartbeat. And when it's flashing in time with their heartbeat, people have a stronger sense that it's in fact part of their body. So experiences of having a body are deeply grounded in perceiving our bodies from within.
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How your emotions change...
but it is highly responsive to them. In a sense, a record of our emotional life is written on our hearts. Fear and grief, for example, can cause profound cardiac injury. The nerves that control unconscious processes such as the heartbeat can sense distress
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Fighting injustice with...
alive through others our heartbeat is timed with the beats in other hearts our story is written with words set by others we have a voice only if we help others speak and our power is measured not by how many people we crush but by
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Cheetah Problems PIPE Five...
both animals the gazelles sharp pointed hooves helped it change direction in a heartbeat the shooter can only keep up by using its tail like a rudder it's also helped by having paws that don't retract the
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Maps that show us who we...
and the planet almost appears to have a heartbeat. And all of this only became possible within my lifetime to see this is where we are living. We have enough water.
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A different way to...
We usually think of rhythm as an element of music, but it's actually found everywhere in the world around us, from the ocean tides to our own heartbeats,
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The surprising thing I...
within that depression. The sky cleared, the rain stopped, and our heartbeat, the monstrous seas around us were transformed into the most beautiful moonlit mountains. It's hard to explain, but you enter a different mode when you head out there. Your boat is your entire world,
Video examples
Heart 101 PIPE National...
and up to three billion times over an average lifespan. But there are conditions that can disrupt a heartbeat and that normality. They can range from myocardial infarction or heart attack to heart disease and hypertension. In contrast, exercise and emotional excitement
Video examples
Tornadoes 101 PIPE National...
wake of destruction they can form in seconds change direction in a heartbeat and their devastation can last a lifetime exactly how and why tornadoes occur is still a bit of a mystery but an indication that one is forming is a wall cloud fast-moving winds roll air below
Video examples
How do we experience...
Although automotive accidents typically last seconds, those involved often say they felt the accident lasted far longer. Time perception can also account for why your childhood may have seem to have lasted forever. By adulthood, a year can slip by in a heartbeat,
Video examples
Your brain hallucinates...
either in time or out of time with their heartbeat. And when it's flashing in time with their heartbeat, people have a stronger sense that it's in fact part of their body. So experiences of having a body are deeply grounded in perceiving our bodies from within.
Video examples
How your emotions change...
but it is highly responsive to them. In a sense, a record of our emotional life is written on our hearts. Fear and grief, for example, can cause profound cardiac injury. The nerves that control unconscious processes such as the heartbeat can sense distress
Video examples
Fighting injustice with...
alive through others our heartbeat is timed with the beats in other hearts our story is written with words set by others we have a voice only if we help others speak and our power is measured not by how many people we crush but by
Video examples
Cheetah Problems PIPE Five...
both animals the gazelles sharp pointed hooves helped it change direction in a heartbeat the shooter can only keep up by using its tail like a rudder it's also helped by having paws that don't retract the
Video examples
Maps that show us who we...
and the planet almost appears to have a heartbeat. And all of this only became possible within my lifetime to see this is where we are living. We have enough water.
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A different way to...
We usually think of rhythm as an element of music, but it's actually found everywhere in the world around us, from the ocean tides to our own heartbeats,
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Quote examples
Tiffeny Milbrett
American Athlete
I think it's sad to me that I had to make a decision to not play the game that I feel like I'm best at and that I love. But if it was just about the game itself, I'd be there in a heartbeat. But that's not how the real world works.
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William Hurt
American Actor
Every single second of extra time to work with other actors has definitely always, for me, paid off for the film. For the project. Every single extra heartbeat you could get, mutually considering the scene, was of benefit.
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Carlos Mencia
American Comedian
I know that if any other comedian came up to me questioning something I did or said, it would be literally settled in a heartbeat. I love comedy. I give to comedy. I don't take from comedy.
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J. K. Rowling
English Author
No, there is literally nothing on the business side that I wouldn't sacrifice in a heartbeat to have an extra couple of hours' writing. Nothing.
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LeBron James
American Basketball Player
I need music. It's like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what's going on - bad games, press, whatever!
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Joseph Campbell
American Author
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
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Amanda Peet
American Actress
If I had to give up cheese or chocolate, I'd give up chocolate in a heartbeat.
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Hope Davis
American Actress
I would do 'American Splendor' and 'About Schmidt' again in a heartbeat.
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Amanda Gorman
American Poet
Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.
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P. L. Travers
Australian Writer
Sorrow lies like a heartbeat behind everything I have written.
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Tiffeny Milbrett
American Athlete
I think it's sad to me that I had to make a decision to not play the game that I feel like I'm best at and that I love. But if it was just about the game itself, I'd be there in a heartbeat. But that's not how the real world works.
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William Hurt
American Actor
Every single second of extra time to work with other actors has definitely always, for me, paid off for the film. For the project. Every single extra heartbeat you could get, mutually considering the scene, was of benefit.
Quote examples
Carlos Mencia
American Comedian
I know that if any other comedian came up to me questioning something I did or said, it would be literally settled in a heartbeat. I love comedy. I give to comedy. I don't take from comedy.
Quote examples
J. K. Rowling
English Author
No, there is literally nothing on the business side that I wouldn't sacrifice in a heartbeat to have an extra couple of hours' writing. Nothing.
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LeBron James
American Basketball Player
I need music. It's like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what's going on - bad games, press, whatever!
Quote examples
Joseph Campbell
American Author
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
Quote examples
Amanda Peet
American Actress
If I had to give up cheese or chocolate, I'd give up chocolate in a heartbeat.
Quote examples
Hope Davis
American Actress
I would do 'American Splendor' and 'About Schmidt' again in a heartbeat.
Quote examples
Amanda Gorman
American Poet
Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.
Quote examples
P. L. Travers
Australian Writer
Sorrow lies like a heartbeat behind everything I have written.
Example 1 of 10
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