heartthrob
English
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Etymology
From heart + throbCategory:English compound terms#HEARTTHROB.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːtˌθɹɒb/Category:English 2-syllable words#HEARTTHROBCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#HEARTTHROB
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹtˌθɹɑb/Category:English 2-syllable words#HEARTTHROBCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#HEARTTHROB
- (Australia) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːtˌθɹɔb/Category:English 2-syllable words#HEARTTHROBCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#HEARTTHROB
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#HEARTTHROBAudio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒb, -ɑb, -ɔbCategory:Rhymes:English/ɒb#HEARTTHROBCategory:Rhymes:English/ɒb/2 syllables#HEARTTHROBCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑb#HEARTTHROBCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑb/2 syllables#HEARTTHROBCategory:Rhymes:English/ɔb#HEARTTHROBCategory:Rhymes:English/ɔb/2 syllables#HEARTTHROB
Noun
heartthrob (plural heartthrobs)Category:English lemmas#HEARTTHROBCategory:English nouns#HEARTTHROBCategory:English countable nouns#HEARTTHROBCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HEARTTHROBCategory:Pages with entries#HEARTTHROBCategory:Pages with 1 entry#HEARTTHROB
- 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.”Category:English terms with quotations#HEARTTHROB
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Translations
heartbeat
sweetheart
handsome male celebrity
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