Meanings
plural heartthrobs · alternative obsolete heart throb · alternative heart-throb
- A heartbeat.
- The object of one’s desires or infatuation; a sweetheart.
- A handsome male celebrity.
1 more example
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.”
2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020
Origin
Translations
Dutch hartslag
- hartslagheartbeat
Finnish sydämentykytys
- sydämentykytysheartbeat
French battement de cœur, pulsation
- battement de cœurheartbeat
- pulsationheartbeat
- chérisweetheart
- chériesweetheart
- idolehandsome male celebrity
German Herzschlag
- Herzschlagheartbeat
Icelandic hjartaknúsari
- hjartaknúsarihandsome male celebrity
Italian rubacuori
- rubacuorisweetheart
Māori kaitokomauri, kuku o te manawa
- kaitokomaurisweetheart
- kuku o te manawasweetheart
Polish bicie serca
- bicie sercaheartbeat
Portuguese batimento cardíaco, galã
- batimento cardíacoheartbeat
- galãhandsome male celebrity
Russian сердцебие́ние
- сердцебие́ние (serdcebijénije)heartbeat
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with heartthrob
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heartthrob. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heartthrob
“heartthrob.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heartthrob. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heartthrob,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heartthrob.
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