heartthrob
English
Alternative forms
- heart throb (obsolete)
- heart-throb
Etymology
From heart + throb.
Pronunciation
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Noun
heartthrob (plural heartthrobs)
- A heartbeat.
- The object of one’s desires or infatuation; a sweetheart.
- A handsome male celebrity.
- 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 6 August 2020:
- And really, Michael Jackson is a more fitting aspiration for the similarly sexless would-be-former teen heartthrob, who’s compared himself to the late King Of Pop (perhaps a bit prematurely) on several occasions and sings in a Jackson-like croon over a sample of “We’ve Got A Good Thing Going” on Believe’s “Die In Your Arms.”
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Translations
heartbeat
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sweetheart
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handsome male celebrity
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