Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pulsation of the heart; a heartbeat.
- noun A sweetheart.
- noun A person who is the object of popular romantic infatuation or desire. Usually used of men.
- noun Sentimental or tender emotion.
- noun Infatuation.
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- noun A
heartbeat - noun The
object of one’sdesires orinfatuation ; asweetheart - noun A usually handsome
celebrity or famous person
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- noun an object of infatuation
Etymologies
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Examples
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The teen heartthrob is rumored to be concerned about how his three siblings — Daniel, 15, Melissa, 13, and Amber, 10, — are handling the split and is pondering taking a break from recording to focus on helping his family heal.
“American Idol ‘Fixed,’” Says David Archuleta Mom Lupe Archuleta 2009
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Jonah Hill (of Superbad and Knocked Up fame) has been tapped by Sony to write and produce a film adaptation of the “classic” Fox TV show which put Johnny Depp in heartthrob territory.
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The British heartthrob is an accomplihed composer, pianist and guitarist and wrote two songs for the original soundtrack, top the U.S. album charts upon its release last year.
Robert Pattinson Shirtless Photos (“The Twilight Saga: New Moon”) 2009
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My newest heartthrob is Richard Wolffe, a Newsweek columnist and commentator on Countdown with Keith Olbermann (who I could crush on a little too).
I ♥ Geeks | The Stiletto Gang The Stiletto Gang 2008
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Nik Cohn, in his fantastic late-60s rock eulogy Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom, mentions a Stan Freberg satire on pop music of the 1950s: a young heartthrob is ushered into a recording studio and just sings the words "highschool highschool highschool" over and over again.
Indicate precisely what you're trying to say Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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Nik Cohn, in his fantastic late-60s rock eulogy Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom, mentions a Stan Freberg satire on pop music of the 1950s: a young heartthrob is ushered into a recording studio and just sings the words "highschool highschool highschool" over and over again.
Archive 2007-06-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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For a while after that he lost his desire to act and it was Kenneth Branagh who lured him back by persuading him to take a minor role in his Henry V. As an adult he appeared in the musicals Newsies and Swing Kids and found himself labelled a heartthrob through his appearance in Little Women.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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For a while after that he lost his desire to act and it was Kenneth Branagh who lured him back by persuading him to take a minor role in his Henry V. As an adult he appeared in the musicals Newsies and Swing Kids and found himself labelled a heartthrob through his appearance in Little Women.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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CHERYL BURKE with Latin heartthrob CHRISTIAN DE LA FUENTE.
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The ’80s-era heartthrob is “hopeful that he and Susie can work to resolve this quickly and amicably, and he is fully committed to doing what is best for the welfare of their son,” the rep’s statement adds.
Corey Feldman Plastic Surgery: Corey Feldman Liposuction 2009
reesetee commented on the word heartthrob
"There are times when the limitations of the printed word come into focus, like when there is a need to convey how it sounded when Robert Pattinson, who stars as the vampire heartthrob Edward Cullen in the forthcoming movie “Twilight,�? stepped onto a riser at the King of Prussia Mall outside Philadelphia on Thursday evening in front of more than 1,000 mostly teenage girls.
In collective pitch, frequency and volume the sound would make a shuttle launching seem demure, a Jack White guitar solo retiring, a jackhammer somehow soothing. To reach into history, it may have approached Beatles-at-Shea-Stadium loud, replete with the weeping, swooning and self-hugging, and only the ambient flutter of cellphone cameras and furious texting by way of modern update."
-- "The Vampire of the Mall,", NYT, 11/16/08
November 18, 2008