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seen stars

seen stars is the past participle of see stars.

Meaning of see stars

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
  2. (figuratively) To be reeling immediately after a sudden misfortune analogous to a blow.

Questions about seen stars

What is seen stars the past participle of?
Seen stars is the past participle of see stars.

Words near seen stars in the dictionary

  1. seen service
  2. seen shit
  3. seen someone right
  4. seen someone's etchings
  5. seen something green in one's eye
  6. seen stars
  7. seen the back of
  8. seen the day
  9. seen the elephant
  10. seen the error of one's ways
  11. seen the forest for the trees

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