Heartthrob

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

• heart-throb

Origin

From heart + throb

Full definition of heartthrob

Noun

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