asterisk /ˈæstəɹɪsk/noun 6verb 1forms 3phrases 1 noun6 •The star-shaped symbol *, which is used in printing and writing for various purposes, including to refer a reader to a note at the bottom of a page or in a margin, and to indicate the omission of letters or words; a star.I having been looking at your pamphlet, and shewing it, but I mention no names. I don't see the use of names, for my part, unless it be to put in asterisks. It is—yes—very, indeed. — 1837 •(US, figurative) A blemish in an otherwise outstanding achievement.They came into the tournament highly ranked, but with a little bit of an asterisk as their last two wins had been unconvincing. •(figurative) Something which is of little importance or which is marginal; a footnote.I don't want to be an asterisk in my kids' lives. I don't want to be just some guy who sporadically appears and then disappears again. — 2016 •Something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol. •An instrument with radiating arms resembling a star which is placed over the diskos (or paten) used during the Eucharist to prevent the veil covering the chalice and diskos from touching the host on the diskos. •(old-fashioned) A small star; also (by extension), something resembling or shaped like a star.Add one Ray unto the common Lustre; add not only to the Number but the Note of thy Generation; and prove not a Cloud but an Asterisk in thy Region. — 1716 verb1 •To mark or replace (text, etc.) with an asterisk symbol (*; noun sense 1.1); to star. formsasterisked · asterisking · asterisks Phrases with asterisk magic asteriskan unspecified future budget cut, especially an imaginary cut.
