crush

Definitions

An excruciating feeling of liking someone. To put it simply, it means you wanna kiss that person you've been eyeing all day.

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(Noun) An infatuation with another person.

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(Expression) To obsessively like someone so bad for a short amount of time.

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1. Or: crush on / heavy crush (on) , an intense or sudden romantic infatuation, often short-lived, towards another person who, often, is unaware of it or does not respond to it; a one-sided infatuation. See love for synonyms.

Quotes:

(1) Elsa Carrington (Madeleine Carroll) to Richard Ashenden (John Gielgud) in Secret Agent (1936): ' I fell in love with you at first sight; not a crush but a crash.'

(2) Nathaniel Mayweather (Charles Elliott) and Trina (Melora Walters) in Cabin Boy (1994):
-- Nay: ' Did I mention I have an incredible crush on you? '
-- Trina: ' That's wonderful. I'm always flattered when a psychotic becomes smitten with me.'

2. The object of such an infatuation.

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(Expression) affection for an opposite sex member