SEE STARS | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of see stars in English

see stars

idiom Add to word list Add to word list If you see stars, you are partly unconscious because you have been hit on the head. Losing consciousness

• black
• catatonia
• concussion
• grey
• grey out phrasal verb
• greyout
• hypnotic
• hypnotically
• in a drunken stupor
• insensible
• light
• pass
• pass out phrasal verb
• senseless
• swoon
• syncope
• unconsciously
• unconsciousness
• unresponsive
• unresponsiveness

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see stars

idiom Add to word list Add to word list to see bright flashes in front of your eyes, esp. because you hit your head: The fall made me see stars and left me with a huge bump on my head. (Definition of see stars from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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