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syke — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • beat verb To hit repeatedly, or to defeat someone in a contest.
  • heartbeat noun A single pulse of the heart, or the steady rhythm of the heart pumping.
  • pulse noun The regular beat you feel in an artery, caused by the heart pumping blood.

Senses

syke is used for these senses in English:

  • beat A pulsation or throb.
  • heartbeat The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator.
  • heartbeat A driving impulse or vital force; the vital center of something.
  • pulse A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them.
  • pulse The nature or rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health.
  • pulse (figuratively) A beat or throb; also, a repeated sequence of such beats or throbs.
  • pulse (transitive, also, figuratively) To emit or impel (something) in pulses or waves.

beat — full definition

  1. verb To hit repeatedly, or to defeat someone in a contest.
  2. verb To mix ingredients rapidly, usually with a whisk or spoon.
  3. noun A regular rhythmic pulse, especially in music.
  4. noun A journalist's or police officer's regular area of responsibility or patrol.
  5. adj Informal: completely exhausted.

heartbeat — full definition

  1. noun A single pulse of the heart, or the steady rhythm of the heart pumping.
  2. noun A very brief moment in time.
  3. noun A repeating signal sent by a computer system to show it is still running properly.

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