"five-star" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From the hotel quality rating system used in many countries, using from one to five stars. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} five-star (not comparable)
  1. Of the best quality. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-five-star-en-adj-N8vExF-B
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: five-stars [plural]
Etymology: From the five-pointed star of the red, hand-shaped mark from a slap on bare skin. Head templates: {{en-noun}} five-star (plural five-stars)
  1. A hard slap on bare skin with a hand that leaves a red, fully hand-shaped mark.
    Sense id: en-five-star-en-noun-tvlTfKY2
  2. A mark from such a slap.
    Sense id: en-five-star-en-noun-XpojK3~0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: five-stars [present, singular, third-person], five-starring [participle, present], five-starred [participle, past], five-starred [past]
Etymology: From the five-pointed star of the red, hand-shaped mark from a slap on bare skin. Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} five-star (third-person singular simple present five-stars, present participle five-starring, simple past and past participle five-starred)
  1. To slap someone hard with the hand on bare skin, leaving a red, fully hand-shaped mark.
    Sense id: en-five-star-en-verb-CemFBlq8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 4 5 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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