heartbeats
Pulse you feel
Heartbeats are the rhythmic contractions of the heart that pump blood through the body.
The term often emphasizes the individual pulses: I could feel my heartbeats quicken.
Figuratively, heartbeats measure tiny increments of time: The election could have gone the other way in a heartbeat.
The heartbeat of something is its vital center or driving force: Small businesses are the heartbeat of the local economy.
Arterial blood throb
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- palpitationIrregular heartbeat awareness
- throbBeat with intensity
- systoleHeart muscle contraction phase
diastole · artery · ventricle · atrium · aorta · circulation · blood · stethoscope
Patterned stress and silence
- tempoRate of musical performance
- drumsStruck membrane instruments
- percussionSound through impact
- basslineLow-register musical foundation
syncopation · loop · groove · backbeat · downbeat · sample · pulse · thump
Intense fond attachment
- fearEmotional response to threat
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
anticipation · passion · thrill · longing · desire · joy · dread · racing
pulse
Arterial blood throb
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- palpitationIrregular heartbeat awareness
- throbBeat with intensity
systole · diastole · artery · ventricle · atrium · aorta · circulation · blood · stethoscope · cardiology
rhythm
Patterned stress and silence
- tempoRate of musical performance
- drumsStruck membrane instruments
- percussionSound through impact
bassline · syncopation · loop · groove · backbeat · downbeat · sample · pulse · thump · steady
love
Intense fond attachment
- fearEmotional response to threat
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
nervousness · anticipation · passion · thrill · longing · desire · joy · dread · racing · pounding
life
Animate state
existence · survival · energy · vigor · animation · spark · lifeforce · mortality · fleeting · precious
- sound effectssound effects, sound effect, ringtone, boing, crash
- monitoringmetrics, alerts, dashboards, continuous monitoring, logs
- foleyfootsteps, glass breaking, punches, coconut shells, horse hooves
- cycleslife cycle, cycle, circle of life, cycles, period
- intimacykiss, hug, embrace, closeness, snuggling
- data streamstelemetry, metrics, readings, live feeds, data streams
heartbeatsflatlines
Loses all vital signs
asystole · cardiac arrest · flatline · cessation · silence
heartbeatsflatlines
Loses all vital signs
death · cardiac death · lifelessness · clinical death · expiration
heartbeatsstillness
Complete lack of motion
silence · stasis · motionlessness · inactivity · quiet
- in a heartbeatWithout any delay
- irregular heartbeatAbnormal cardiac rhythm
- fast heartbeatAccelerated pulse rate
- fetal heartbeatUnborn child's cardiac activity