calf love

1. 1.

   temporary love of an adolescent

   Synonymspuppy lovecrushinfatuation

   Broaderlove

Questions about calf love

What does calf love mean?

calf love means "temporary love of an adolescent".

What is another word for calf love?

Close synonyms include puppy love, crush, infatuation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is calf love a common word?

calf love is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.