The Meaning of heartbeat

• (noun) an animating or vital unifying force; "New York is the commercial heartbeat of America"
• (noun) the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"
• (noun) 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"

Synonyms

beatnik , instant , metre , pulse , meter , impulse , beat , flash , musical rhythm , split second , round , pulsation , heart rate , wink , rhythm , measure , pulsing , jiffy , cadence , blink of an eye , pulse rate , trice , twinkling , nictitation , second , blinking , flashbulb , flashgun , eye blink , minute , news bulletin , moment , photoflash , flare , winking , flash bulb , nictation , newsbreak , flashing , newsflash , ostentation , flash lamp , blink , fanfare

Rhymes

amit , athlete , backseat , beat , beet , bittersweet , bleat , bradstreet , breit , bridgette , browbeat , buckwheat , bufete , cheat , cleat , cliett , compete , complete , conceit , concrete , crabmeat , crete , deadbeat , deceit , defeat , delete , deplete , discreet , discrete , downbeat , drumbeat , eat , effete , elite , excrete , feat , feet , fleet , freet , gamete , gleet , greet , grete , heat , incomplete , indiscreet , jobete , keitt , kriete , lalit , lanete , leet , leete , leite , longstreet , margarete , marguerite , marquerite , meat , meet , mesquite , mete , mincemeat , mistreat , murveit , neat , neet , noncompete , obsolete , offbeat , overeat , overheat , parakeet , peat , peet , peete , pete , petite , piet , piette , pleat , puneet , quiett , receipt , repeat , replete , retreat , seat , secrete , sheet , shumeet , skeat , skeet , skeete , sleet , spreadsheet , st , street , suite , sweatt , sweet , swete , teat , teet , threatt , threet , thweatt , treat , tweet , uncomplete , unseat , upbeat , vanvliet , veit , vliet , wheat , worksheet