Definitions for heartbeat

heartbeat heart·beat

Spelling: [hahrt-beet]
IPA: /ˈhɑrtˌbit/

Heartbeat is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 254 anagrams from letters in heartbeat (aabeehrtt).

Definitions for heartbeat

noun

  1. a pulsation of the heart, including one complete systole and diastole.

Origin of heartbeat

First recorded in 1840-50; heart + beat

Examples for heartbeat

It has its own heartbeat and a sincerity and entertainment value, and is quite uplifting.

Then, at last, he detected a heartbeat, very feeble and slow yet unmistakable.

But after Stonewall, the Village had a big 1970s as the heartbeat of gay America.

For a heartbeat, he started to relax the pressure on the throat.

When I got there, the heartbeat was around 67 and the blood pressure was 55.

DeVore looked at his superior expressionless for a heartbeat.

Heartbleed is named after where it was found in OpenSSL's code: an extension controlling something called the “heartbeat.”

For a heartbeat, Stan regarded the fellow consideringly, then he shook his head.

He became delirious, his heartbeat grew ragged, his blood teemed with the virus, and his lungs, liver and kidneys began to fail.

He listened to Murgatroyd's heartbeat with it while Murgatroyd dozed.

Word Value for heartbeat
Scrable

14

Words with friends

14

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