Heartbeat

['hɑːtbiːt] or ['hɑrtbit]

Definition

(noun.) an animating or vital unifying force; 'New York is the commercial heartbeat of America'.

Inputed by Boris--From WordNet

Examples

She had not yet listened patiently to his heartbeats, but only felt that her own was beating violently. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
He stopped beside her, feeling for her pulse and then listening for her heartbeats. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Checker: Sumner

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