guest star
guest star noun: a guest on a music or other recording.
Noun (1)
guest star (plural guest stars)
- A guest on a music or other recording.
- The neutering extends to Believe’s guest stars, with warm-and-fuzzy verses from Ludacris (“I love everything about you / You’re imperfectly perfect”), Big Sean (“I don’t know if this makes sense, but you’re my hallelujah”), Nicki Minaj (who at least squeaks a “bitches” into her verse), and...2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020
- An actor on a television program who stars in one, or a few, episodes.
Verb
guest star (third-person singular simple present guest stars, present participle guest starring, simple past and past participle guest starred)
Noun (2)
guest star (plural guest stars)
Forms of guest star
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | guest stars |
| alternative form | guest-star |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | guest stars |
| present participle | guest starring |
| past participle | guest starred |
| past | guest starred |
Origin of guest star
Calque of Literary Chinese 客星 (kèxīng).
Questions about guest star
- What does guest star mean?
- Guest star means a guest on a music or other recording.
- What part of speech is guest star?
- Guest star can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of guest star?
- The plural of guest star is guest stars.
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