ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Five-star

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Five-star is an adjective meaning (idiomatic) Of the best quality.

Meaning

(idiomatic) Of the best quality.

More Meanings

  1. A hard slap on bare skin with a hand that leaves a red, fully hand-shaped mark.
  2. A mark from such a slap.
  3. (informal, transitive) To slap someone hard with the hand on bare skin, leaving a red, fully hand-shaped mark.

Example Sentences

When we arrived, they gave us a five-star welcome.
He still owes me a five-star so I try not to let him catch me with my shirt off.
Look at that five-star on my back! That bastard who gave it to me really has it coming.
My friend five-starred me after we got out of the pool. Do you have a shirt I can wear to cover it?

Word Forms

Antonyms for five-star

Common opposites include one-star.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include grand, star, three-star, top-class, top-grade, top-quality.

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