rock star
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3.1
- noun
- /rɑk stɑr/
:
estrella del rock
- After the concert, the rock star signed autographs for his eager fans outside the venue.
- actors and rock stars
Full time rock star or full time movie star?
- Full time rock star or full time movie star?
- She married a rock star, but he was always on tour.
- And their CEO, you know how rock stars will get signatures?
- Now all the female rock stars are women singers.
- I figured maybe these rock stars, all these people really can teach me something.
- And the rock star is Patrick Muldoon, and I'm playing his mother.
- I mean, what, what is the life of a rock star like?
- Oh my God, our our sibling, our son is a rock star.
- So, you know, and he he was, he was a rock star.
- I, I think a lot of what it is, is that the girls who want rock stars are very young, right?
- Luther Vandross had a goal to be a rock star.
- This is a a veteran rock star, good human being.
- Do you think those rock stars, maybe it used to be?
- Or or have or being this this doomed rock star.
Examples
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She married a rock star, but he was always on tour.
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His work inspired an actual rock star to support him.
Academic text (2011) -
You are a rock star.
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All rock stars are older now.
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Go be a rock star.
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Maybe I can be a rock star playing songs on my guitar.
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I wanted to write a book about the murder of a retired rock star.
Fiction book (1992) -
You're a rock star, man.
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I'm a rock star.
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Partygoers are strangely fascinated by the rock star in their living room.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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1.1
A very famous and admired performer like an actor or musician
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2.8
A very famous and successful person in entertainment or sports
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3.8
A person who plays, writes, or loves rock music
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4.1
A singer who leads a band and acts as its public face
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3.2
A very famous and successful person, often in music or sports
A person who does something very well and impresses others
How Famous
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a famous/successful performer in rock music' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'rock' (the music genre) + 'star' (a celebrated public figure); it is a straightforward noun–noun compound. This pattern is common across languages (e.g., Spanish 'estrella del rock'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Rock star comes from the simple image of a musician who plays rock music and shines like a star on stage under bright lights. One popular picture is a singer with fans cheering, so the phrase came to mean 'a very famous rock musician'.