skip a beat (English, verb)
expansion: skip a beat (third-person singular simple present skips a beat, present participle skipping a beat, simple past and past participle skipped a beat)
Senses:
glosses: To miss a beat.
tags: literally
qualifier: when of a heart
glosses: To experience a strong emotion.
tags: broadly
glosses: To momentarily falter.
tags: broadly
idiomatic
Forms:
form: skips a beat
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: skipping a beat
tags: participle
present
form: skipped a beat
tags: participle
past
form: skipped a beat
tags: past