heart-throb

H h

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hahrt throb]
- /hɑrt θrɒb/
- /hɑːt θrɒb/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hahrt throb]
- /hɑrt θrɒb/

Definitions of heart-throb word

noun heart-throb a rapid beat or pulsation of the heart. 1
noun heart-throb a passionate or sentimental emotion. 1
noun heart-throb sweetheart. 1
countable noun heart-throb If you describe a man as a heart-throb, you mean that he is physically very attractive, so that a lot of women fall in love with him. 0
noun heart-throb an object of infatuation 0
noun heart-throb a heart beat 0

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Origin of heart-throb

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

First recorded in 1840-50; heart + throb

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Parts of speech for Heart-throb

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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heart-throb popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".