Definitions

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  • noun informal Something highly exciting.

Etymologies

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heart +‎ stopper

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Examples

  • Is this building: a) the secret hair salon where Billie Joe gets his hair professionally cut to look perfectly messed up; b) the dairy distributor where Mike Dirnt buys the eggs for his world famous six-egg "heartstopper"; c) the nondescript sweatshop that produces Tre Cool's custom drum sticks; or d) hallowed hall 924

    Play | The Rhapsody Editorial Music Blog Garrett Kamps 2009

  • Is this building: a) the secret hair salon where Billie Joe gets his hair professionally cut to look perfectly messed up; b) the dairy distributor where Mike Dirnt buys the eggs for his world famous six-egg "heartstopper"; c) the nondescript sweatshop that produces Tre Cool's custom drum sticks; or d) hallowed hall 924

    Play | The Rhapsody Editorial Music Blog 2009

  • Could they keep their cool when faced with a “heartstopper” like being face-to-face with an alligator?

    Ashton Kutcher Produced Opportunity Knocks Canceled 2008

  • Connecticut has managed to come up clutch in two of its last three games with the double overtime win over Notre Dame a few weeks ago and the last second heartstopper to get by South

    Scout.com > CollegeFootballNews.com 2010

  • This time he's playing at an MVP clip and brings in a Colts team that's won nine straight games, including a 23-20 heartstopper at San Diego on Nov. 23, when

    Sportsnet.ca - Sports News 2009

  • V's release were rumored to have "assisted" with that nihilistic heartstopper of a film, were, in fact, at the helm.

    unknown title 2009

  • The result is a perfecto lump-in-the-throato heartstopper in the

    The Music Fix 2009

  • This time he's playing at an MVP clip and brings in a Colts team that's won nine straight games, including a 23-20 heartstopper at San Diego on Nov. 23, when Adam Vinatieri kicked a

    Home - BostonHerald.com 2009

  • This time he's playing at an MVP clip and brings in a Colts team that's won nine consecutive games, including a 23-20 heartstopper Nov. 23 at San Diego, when Adam Vinatieri kicked a 51-yard field as time expired.

    post-gazette.com - News 2009

  • Luhrmann turns out to be surprisingly comfortable in the saddle - the cliff-top cattle stampede that nods briefly to Charles Chauvel's Jedda (1955) is truly a heartstopper. you can feel the hoof beats through the cinema floor.

    Daily Telegraph | Top Stories 2008

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