bodybeat
bodybeat noun: one's natural biological rhythm, such as a heartbeat or the cadence of one's breathing.
Noun
bodybeat (plural bodybeats)
- One's natural biological rhythm, such as a heartbeat or the cadence of one's breathing.
- Rap-tap! drums of inundation, of syncopation And a bodybeat / an ideo-beep in ideophone / A drivinghome, a drive-suite Against the eternal mattress / the clay carpet Of eternal rhythm / of divine rhyme Flowing from feet / street Into sacred fingers1991, Eugene Redmond, The Eye in the Ceiling: Poems, page 81
- Consider the effects of simple rhythm and "bodybeat sounds" on newborn infants.1996, David Chagall, Surviving the Media Jungle, page 4
Verb
bodybeat (third-person singular simple present bodybeats, present participle bodybeating, simple past and past participle bodybeated)
- To beat or pound one's body with the fists.
- the same gesture for several goals (touch for nursing and riding) or different gestures for the same goal (slap ground and bodybeat for play)2006, Simone Pika, Katja Liebal, “Differences and Similarities between the Natural Gestural Communication of the Great Apes and Human Children”, in Angelo Cangelosi, Andrew D M Smith, Kenny Smith...
- Ogden and Schildkraut (1991) mention in their compilation of gorilla ethograms several auditory gestures such as backhand pound, bodybeat, chestbeat, chestpat, clap, knock, and slap surface; tactile gestures such as brush, nudge, poke, push, tag, and touch with hand; and visual gestures such as...2020, Josep Call, Michael Tomasello, The Gestural Communication of Apes and Monkeys, page v
Examples of bodybeat in a sentence
- Never mind, she is me, you— tied to that bodybeat, fainting on the rack of blood, moving to the metronome- –empty, empty, empty.2013, Erica Jong, Becoming Light: Poems New and Selected:
- They spied her out even ass she spied them, and, bodybeat to bodybeat, she and her mother met, shaking to silent sobs and twisting hearts.2019, Fannie Hurst, Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl:
- She takes me through her own bodybeats, showing me how she channels them into her arms and voice and weaves them into charms.2019, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, David Mogo Godhunter:
- Similarly, different gestures can be used for the same goal: slapping the ground and bodybeating for play.2014, Vyvyan Evans, The Language Myth: Why Language Is Not an Instinct, page 38:
Forms of bodybeat
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bodybeats |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bodybeats |
| present participle | bodybeating |
| past participle | bodybeated |
| past | bodybeated |
Origin of bodybeat
From body + beat.
Questions about bodybeat
- What does bodybeat mean?
- Bodybeat means one's natural biological rhythm, such as a heartbeat or the cadence of one's breathing.
- How do you use bodybeat in a sentence?
- Never mind, she is me, you— tied to that bodybeat, fainting on the rack of blood, moving to the metronome- –empty, empty, empty.
- What part of speech is bodybeat?
- Bodybeat can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of bodybeat?
- The plural of bodybeat is bodybeats.
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