Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

five-star

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.00 in modern English

Syllables: five-s-tar
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of the best quality.

noun

A hard slap on bare skin with a hand that leaves a red, fully hand-shaped mark.

noun

A mark from such a slap.

verb

To slap someone hard with the hand on bare skin, leaving a red, fully hand-shaped mark.

Informal; Transitive verb

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?"

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

five-stars (plural) five-stars (present, singular) five-starring (participle, present) five-starred (participle, past) five-starred (past)

Frequently Paired Words

three-star

Antonyms

one-star

Questions

What does five-star mean?: Of the best quality.
Where does five-star come from?: From the hotel quality rating system used in many countries, using from one to five stars.

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