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five-star en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From the hotel quality rating system used in many countries, using from one to five stars.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, not-comparable) Of the best quality.
    • When we arrived, they gave us a five-star welcome.

Antonyms

one-star

Coordinates

three-star

five-star en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From the five-pointed star of the red, hand-shaped mark from a slap on bare skin.

Meanings

  1. A hard slap on bare skin with a hand that leaves a red, fully hand-shaped mark.
    • He still owes me a five-star so I try not to let him catch me with my shirt off.
  2. A mark from such a slap.
    • Look at that five-star on my back! That bastard who gave it to me really has it coming.

Forms

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five-stars Number=Plur lexicographic

five-star en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From the five-pointed star of the red, hand-shaped mark from a slap on bare skin.

Meanings

  1. (informal, transitive) To slap someone hard with the hand on bare skin, leaving a red, fully hand-shaped mark.
    • My friend five-starred me after we got out of the pool. Do you have a shirt I can wear to cover it?

Forms

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five-stars Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
five-starring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
five-starred Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
five-starred Tense=Past lexicographic