pulsebeat
- noun
- /ˈpʌlsˌbiːt/
:
pulso
- The pulsebeat of the artery can be felt at the wrist, signaling the body's circulation.
Examples
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Paul's pulsebeat quickened as they approached the cabinets.
Fiction book (1993) -
The doctor listened carefully to my heart, noting the regular pulsebeat as he checked my vitals.
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There was no wind, no sound, only the falling and the pulsebeat of the light about them.
Fiction book (1990) -
During the emergency, we monitored her pulsebeat to ensure her heart was functioning properly.
Synonyms
632
2.3
The regular beat you feel in your wrist or neck from the heart
299
1.0
A regular rhythm like the sound in music or a heartbeat
123
2.3
The regular movement or sound of the heart as it pumps blood
16
4.1
A strong repeated beat you can hear or feel
7
3.0
A regular pattern of beats the heart makes when it pumps blood
2
4.2
The beat felt at the wrist to check heart rate
2
6.0
A beat you can feel in the groin that shows blood flow to the leg
1
5.6
A regular strong beat you feel in your wrist or neck when the heart beats
1
9.9
A beat you can feel in your wrist or neck when the heart pushes blood
A pulsing, throbbing feeling in the body like a heartbeat
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pulsebeat joins pulse (a short, steady 'push') and beat (a regular 'strike'), like the small heartbeat you can feel in your wrist. So a pulsebeat is the throbbing movement of an artery as the heart pushes blood.