heartthrob

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Etymology[edit]

From heart +‎ throb.

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Noun[edit]

heartthrob (plural heartthrobs)

  1. A heartbeat.
  2. The object of one’s desires or infatuation; a sweetheart.
  3. A handsome male celebrity.
    • 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club‎[1], 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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