heartbeat

heartbeat has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

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