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see stars

see stars verb: to experience apparent flashing lights in one's field of vision, especially after receiving a blow to the head.

Verb

see stars (third-person singular simple present sees stars, present participle seeing stars, simple past saw stars, past participle seen stars)

  1. (idiomatic) To experience apparent flashing lights in one's field of vision, especially after receiving a blow to the head.
    • Of course they bumped their heads smartly together, saw stars, and both came up flushed and laughing, without the ball, to resume their seats, wishing they had not left them.1868, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 43, in Little Women
    • Malcolm hit his head and fell to the floor, seeing stars.1995 September 25, Michael Crichton, “Arts & Media: Excerpt from Jurassic Park: The Lost World”, in Time
  2. (figuratively) To be reeling immediately after a sudden misfortune analogous to a blow.

see stars meaning in Hindi

see stars in Hindi

to see stars
दिन में तारे देखना din mẽ tāre dekhnā

Forms of see stars

third-person singular presentsees stars
present participleseeing stars
pastsaw stars
past participleseen stars

Questions about see stars

What does see stars mean?
See stars means to experience apparent flashing lights in one's field of vision, especially after receiving a blow to the head.
What is see stars in Hindi?
See stars in Hindi is दिन में तारे देखना (din mẽ tāre dekhnā). See See stars meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is see stars?
See stars is a verb.
What is the past tense of see stars?
The past tense of see stars is saw stars.

Words near see stars in the dictionary

  1. see shit
  2. see someone right
  3. see someone's etchings
  4. see something green in one's eye
  5. see something, say something
  6. see stars
  7. see that
  8. see the back of
  9. see the dark side of the moon
  10. see the day
  11. see the elephant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: see stars (page history and authors); दिन में तारे देखना (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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