♥

verb

Stylistic substitution for the word love.

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Meanings

verb♥ (third-person singular simple present ♥s or ♥'s, present participle ♥ing or ♥'ing, simple past and past participle ♥ed or ♥'d or ♥'ed)

present singular third person ♥s · present singular third person ♥'s · participle present ♥ing · participle present ♥'ing · participle past ♥ed · past ♥ed · participle past ♥'d · past ♥'d · participle past ♥'ed · past ♥'ed

  1. Stylistic substitution for the word love.

    I♥U

    I love you.

    2 more examples

    I♥NY

    I love New York.

    "My karma ran over your dogma" is well regarded by these gentlemen, though the baffling "I ❤ Quisp" is more singular.

    2011, Phineas Mollod, Jason Tesauro, “Travel”, in The Modern Gentleman, 2nd Edition, A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy, and Vice, part 4 (The Wayfaring Gentleman), page 271

    Synonyms: <3

Synonyms & antonyms

verbStylistic substitution for the word love.

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APA

♥. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%E2%99%A5

MLA

“♥.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%E2%99%A5. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “♥,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%E2%99%A5.

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