five-star
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom the hotel quality rating system used in many countries, using from one to five stars.
Adjective
editfive-star (not comparable)
Etymology 2
editFrom the five-pointed star of the red, hand-shaped mark from a slap on bare skin.
Noun
editfive-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.
Verb
editfive-star (third-person singular simple present five-stars, present participle five-starring, simple past and past participle five-starred)