heartstopper

[hahrt-stop-er]

noun

1. something so frightening or emotionally gripping as to make one's heart seem to stop beating.

   We didn't crash, but it was a heartstopper.

Word History and Origins

Origin of heartstopper¹

heart + stopper

Example Sentences

Even before launching its offensive, Netflix had already produced audio extras for several of its hit series, from "The Crown" to "Heartstopper."

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Ms. Rubasingham deserves credit for beginning her tenure with a rarely staged Greek tragedy, in a bold adaptation by the “Heartstopper” actor Nima Taleghani, who put as much distance as possible between his version and the original, calling it a “new play” “after Euripides.”

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Already beloved by YA fans for her turn as Tara Jones in Netflix-hit Heartstopper, Brown is no stranger to the world of teen romance adaptations.

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“One of my favorite shows and graphic novels is ‘Heartstopper.’

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In my book, it’s very much a found family kind of trope, and like in ‘Heartstopper,’ everyone in the friend group is a little queer.”

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