The two most common off my head: Colloquially, and somewhat innocently, "crushed [on]". Modern internet "Urban" colloquially, and certainly degeneratively, "fap

The two most common off my head: Colloquially, and somewhat innocently, "crushed [on]". Modern internet "Urban" colloquially, and certainly degeneratively, "fapped [to]". Lots of modern variations abound. "squished [on]" when more romantically/asexually. Couples (usually strictly monogamous) may allow each other a "hall pass", which is a noun for someone that is an (often unattainable) sexual fantasy. ("He is my hall pass.") I think languages in general pick up a lot of nuanced terms for these kinds of things, far more than just a single transitive verb. Especially because things like sexual interest are often "forbidden" from discussion in "polite society", so a lot of it starts as euphemisms or analogies and maybe never leaves. "Hall pass" is a euphemism from childhood school days that seems to have stuck for a very specific niche. You can find a lot of variation in places like Urban Dictionary. It can be fun to try to find old slang dictionaries from previous eras to see how much things have shifted over time. (Euphemisms tend to, especially as jobs or technologies shift out from whatever is being euphemized.)