heartbeat
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- n the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- n a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
- n an animating or vital unifying force
New York is the commercial heartbeat of America
- The shirt then re-creates that person's distinctive cuddle, replicating his or her warmth, pressure, duration and even heartbeat.
- Fetal heartbeat was first detected in September.
- I have been grimly compiling what I call the Hundred Heartbeat Club of animal speciesthose consisting of a hundred or fewer individuals, hence that number of heartbeats away from .