heart beats
Pulse you feel
Heart beats names the rhythmic contractions of the heart muscle, or the sounds they produce.
As two words, it typically functions as a subject-verb unit: Her heart beats faster when she sees him.
The phrase emphasizes the action rather than the individual pulses—contrast with heartbeat, which names a single contraction or the general rhythm.
- thumpHeavy dull blow
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- pulseArterial blood throb
- poundWeight, strike, or kennel
- palpitationIrregular heartbeat awareness
chest pounding · heartbeat · love · bradycardia · blood · flutter · lub-dub · aliveness · cardiac cycle · chest · throbs · heartstrings · emotional resonance · contraction · vitality · anxious · excitement · fight or flight
heart beatscardiac arrest
Abrupt cessation of circulation
heart stops · asystole · flatline · pulseless · cardiac death
heart beatsdeath
Cessation of life
clinical death · lifeless · deceased · brain death · expiration
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