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idol
/ˈaɪ.dl̩/
noun 4
Collocations
3(noun.)
ADJ
film, football, pop, rock, sports, etc.
teen, teenage
Many young fans waited outside the theater to catch a glimpse of their teen idol.
VERB + IDOL
make (sb)
Young fans made the soccer player their idol after he won the championship.
Definitions
noun
1
A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.
20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues, yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship deuils, and idoles of golde, and siluer, and brasse, and stone, and of wood, which neither can see, nor heare, nor walke: 21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.
2
A cultural icon, or especially popular person.
3
A popular entertainer, usually young, captivating and attractive, and often female, with an image of being close to fans.
Tom Cruise is his idol.
Sachin Tendulkar is Rohan's idol.
4
An eidolon or phantom; a misleading or elusive image or representation.
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20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues, yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship deuils, and idoles of golde, and siluer, and brasse, and s
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Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonge
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There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Kathmandu, There's a little marble cross below the town; There's a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew, And the Yellow God forever gazes do
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That singer is a teenage idol.
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The rock star is an idol of the teenagers.
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The girls chased after their teen-age idol.
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