five-star

Meanings

adjectivefive-star (not comparable)

idiomaticnot comparableOf the best quality.
When we arrived, they gave us a five-star welcome.
Antonyms: one-star

nounfive-star (plural five-stars)

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.
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.

verbfive-star (third-person singular simple present five-stars, present participle five-starring, simple past and past participle five-starred)

present singular third person five-stars · participle present five-starring · participle past five-starred · past five-starred

informaltransitiveTo 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?

adjectiveOf the best quality.

Opposite

Also see

five-star · adjective

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

five-star · noun, verb

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

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