five-star

five-star adjective: of the best quality.

Adjective

five-star (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Of the best quality.
- When we arrived, they gave us a five-star welcome.
Antonyms:

one-star

five-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.

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

(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?

Noun
plural	five-stars
Verb
third-person singular present	five-stars
present participle	five-starring
past participle	five-starred
past	five-starred

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

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

What does five-star mean?: Five-star means of the best quality.
What part of speech is five-star?: Five-star can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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