English

Alternative forms

• heart throb (obsolete)
• heart-throb

Noun

heartthrob ‎(plural heartthrobs)

1. A heartbeat.
2. The object of one’s desires or infatuation; a sweetheart.
3. (of a man) A usually handsome celebrity or famous person.
   • 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The Onion AV Club:

     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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