heartbeat
English
/ˈhɑːtˌbiːt/, /ˈhɑɹtˌbit/
noun
Definitions
- One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.
- The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator
- A driving impulse or vital force.
- A very short space of time; an instant.
- (computing) A periodic signal generated by hardware or software to indicate normal operation or to synchronize other parts of a system.
Etymology
Compound from English heart + English beat.
Origin
English
beat
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Elkhart Lake English
- Eurobeat English
- Lionheart English
- Merseybeat English
- abeat English
- afrobeat English
- afterbeat English
- antiheart English
- backbeat English
- beat English
- beatable English
- beatbox English
- beatdown English
- beatee English
- beaten English
- beater English
- beatest English
- beateth English
- beatless English
- beatmaker English
- beatmatching English
- beatscape English
- beatsman English
- beatsmith English
- beefheart English
- beheart English
- blackheart English
- bluebeat English
- braveheart English
- breakbeat English
- browbeat English
- counterbeat English
- dearheart English
- disheart English
- downbeat English
- drumbeat English
- enhearten English
- faintheart English
- falseheart English
- forbeat English
- forebeat English
- freakbeat English
- greenheart English
- heart English
- heart balm English
- heart clover English
- heart starter English
- heart-blood English
- heartache English
- heartake English
- heartbeatlike English
- heartbond English
- heartbreak English
- heartbreaker English
- heartbreaking English
- heartbroke English
- heartbroken English
- heartburn English
- heartburned English
- heartburning English
- heartcare English
- heartcut English
- heartcutting English
- heartdeep English
- hearted English
- hearten English
- heartface English
- heartfelt English
- heartful English
- heartgrief English
- heartical English
- heartland English
- heartleaf English
- heartless English
- heartlet English
- heartlike English
- heartline English
- heartling English
- heartly English
- heartman English
- heartmate English
- heartnut English
- heartpea English
- heartquake English
- heartrending English
- heartrot English
- heartscape English
- heartsearching English
- heartseed English
- heartsick English
- heartsome English
- heartsong English
- heartsore English
- heartspent English
- heartstopper English
- heartstopping English
- heartstricken English
- heartstring English
- heartstrings English
- heartstruck English
- heartswelling English
- heartthrob English
- heartwater English
- heartwhole English
- heartwood English
- heartworm English
- heartworthy English
- heartwrenching English
- hearty English
- hoofbeat English
- hyperbeat English
- inbeat English
- inheart English
- interbeat English
- lionheart English
- midbeat English
- misbeat English
- nonheart English
- offbeat English
- onbeat English
- overbeat English
- oxheart English
- palmheart English
- pseudoheart English
- pulsebeat English
- purpleheart English
- right-hearted English
- sweetheart English
- swingbeat English
- tailbeat English
- tobeat English
- unbeatability English
- unbeatable English
- unheart English
- upbeat English
- wingbeat English
- worldbeat English
- xenoheart English
- beat Finnish
- beat Italian
- beat Dutch, Flemish
- ハート Japanese
- beten Middle English
- herte Middle English
- hart Irish
- Heart Cebuano
- 하트 Korean
- ibhithi Zulu
- হার্ট Bengali
- heartical Jamaican Creole
- at Torres Strait Creole
- bit Nigerian Pidgin
- beat
- heart
- abeat
- inbeat
- onbeat
- beatee
- tobeat
- beaten
- beater
- hearty
- upbeat
- oxheart
- heartly
- beateth
- midbeat
- misbeat
- hearted
- forbeat
- beatbox
- inheart
- beatest
- offbeat
- beheart
- unheart
- hearten
- heartman
- nonheart
- downbeat
- heartcut
- tailbeat
- afrobeat
- beatless
- heartake
- backbeat
- hoofbeat
- heartful
- beatdown
- browbeat
- disheart
- forebeat
- beatsman
- heartpea
- Eurobeat
- heartnut
- bluebeat
- overbeat
- drumbeat
- wingbeat
- beatable
- heartrot
- heartlet
- heartsick
- pulsebeat
- heartcare
- heartling
- heartsore
- heartsome
- dearheart
- heartseed
- heartworm
- heartline
- heartfelt
- interbeat
- worldbeat
- heartwood
- heartleaf
- xenoheart
- heartache
- heartsong
- beatmaker
- heartlike
- freakbeat
- antiheart
- Lionheart
- heartmate
- heartdeep
- beefheart
- heartbond
- palmheart
- breakbeat
- heartburn
- afterbeat
- heartless
- enhearten
- beatsmith
- hyperbeat
- heartland
- heartface
- lionheart
- swingbeat
- heartical
- beatscape
- heart balm
- greenheart
- faintheart
- heartspent
- heartwhole
- braveheart
- heartthrob
- heartquake
- heartgrief
- falseheart
- Merseybeat
- unbeatable
- heartbroke
- heartscape
- blackheart
- heartwater
- heartbreak
- sweetheart
- heartworthy
- pseudoheart
- heartburned
- counterbeat
- heartstruck
- heartbroken
- purpleheart
- heartstring
- heart-blood
- heartstrings
- heart clover
- heartburning
- heartcutting
- beatmatching
- heartrending
- Elkhart Lake
- heartbreaker
- heartstopper
- heartbeatlike
- right-hearted
- heartstricken
- heartbreaking
- heartstopping
- unbeatability
- heart starter
- heartswelling
- heartwrenching
- heartsearching