Meaning of misbeat | Babel Free

Definitions

A false, wrong, or incorrect beat; a beat in the wrong time or rhythm.

Examples

“Leigh's heart gave a little misbeat as she watched the exchange.”

“Was it that same phial of precious ichor, still inside me, that spilled in the cinema that afternoon, and that I carry in me yet, and that yet will overflow at the slightest movement, the slightest misbeat of my heart?”

“How could so much warmth and unassuming gentleness be subtracted from the world by the simple misbeat of an organ?”

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