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Definition: Heartthrob |
HeartthrobNoun1. An object of infatuation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Movie/TV Titles | Heartthrob (1990) | |
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| "Heartthrob" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Heartthrob" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
heartthrob | 16 |
exhaust heartthrob | 14 |
accessory exhaust heartthrob | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "heartthrob"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Czech | milý (agreeable, appealing, bonny, congenial, dear, decent, gratifying, kind, lovable, love, man, nice, own, winning), miláèek (darling, dear, favorite, favourite, honey, inamorato, love, pet, sweetheart, sweetie, Sweeting, Valentine), idol. (various references) | ||||||||||
Farsi | هوس (Caprice, Fancy, Gee, Libido, Lust, Scape, Whim, Whimsy), تپش قلب . (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Herzschlag (cardiac death, heart attack, heart death, heart failure, heart rate, heartbeat). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | batticuore (palpitation). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | eartthrobhay yumuşak (benignant, bland, ductile, easygoing, effeminate, flabby, flaccid, floppy, gentle, kid glove, kindly, lax, lenient, light, limp, malleable, mellow, mild, pulpy, smooth, soft, soft boiled, spongy, supple, tender, velvet, yielding), sevecen (affectionate, benign, benignant, caressing, compassionate, endearing, sisterly, tender), kâlp atışı (heartbeat), kâlbi deli gibi attıran erkek, anlayışlı (comprehensive, considerate, discerning, gentle, indulgent, quick-eyed, receptive, sagacious, understanding, wise), çekici erkek. (various references) | ||||||||||
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Words beginning with "heartthrob": heartthrobs. (additional references) | |
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"Heartthrob" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hearthtrob, hearttrob. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-h-h-o-r-r-t-t" | |
-3 letters: abettor, aborter, betroth, brother, taborer, taboret. | |
-4 letters: barret, barter, bather, batter, bertha, bettor, boater, borate, bother, breath, harbor, hatter, hearth, hotter, rather, ratter, rebato, retort, rhetor, rotate, rotter, tarter, threat, throat, tother. | |
-5 letters: abhor, abort, arbor, barer, barre, bathe, berth, betta, boart, bohea, borer, broth, earth, hater, heart, heath, horah, oater, obeah, orate, other, ottar, otter, rater, rathe, rebar, rehab, retro, rotte, taber, tabor, tarot, tarre, tater, terra, tetra, theta, throb, throe, torah, torte, toter, treat, troth. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-h-h-o-r-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: heartthrobs. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 61 72 74 74 68 72 6F 62 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01100001 01110010 01110100 01110100 01101000 01110010 01101111 01100010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e a r t t h r o b |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 0061 0072 0074 0074 0068 0072 006F 0062 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42716784868674848168 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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