fangirl

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noun

fan·girl ˈfan-ˌgər(-ə)l

: a girl or woman who is an extremely or overly enthusiastic fan of someone or something

fangirl

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verb

fangirled; fangirling; fangirls

intransitive verb

informal

: to exhibit fandom often to an excessive degree : to behave like an extremely devoted or overly excited fangirl

"I totally fangirled," [Katy] Tiz admitted. "You have no idea. He came right near me, and I'm pretty sure he looked right at me while singing. I was screaming …"—

Joe Lynch

"They're like fangirling over me, and I'm fangirling over the fact they're fangirling over me, and we're all just like freaking out, so excited," she [Madeline Brewer, actress] says with a laugh.—

Terri Schwartz

… after three years of fangirling over one of my favorite bands—owning all their music …—I knew I'd have to see them one way or another …—

Melody Appel

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Noun

Richard Ramirez, one of the most prolific and violent serial killers in American history—has attracted more than his fair share of fangirls. —

Emma Specter, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024 Nadja has a little bit of the fangirl in her as well. —

Katie Rife, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024

Verb

Press PLAY on the video above to hear more about the series from Brown (who also fangirls out over meeting Gellar), then hit the comments with your thoughts about the show! —

Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 28 July 2024 But these breaks also gave the album of the year winner the chance to fangirl over her favorite artists, too. —

Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fangirl