shooting star
star in the sky that is falling, meteor | ||||
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Shooting Star Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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shooting star
Noun
1. a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
(synonym) meteor
(hypernym) light, visible light, visible radiation
(hyponym) bolide, fireball
(part-holonym) meteor shower, meteor stream
Noun
1. a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
(synonym) meteor
(hypernym) light, visible light, visible radiation
(hyponym) bolide, fireball
(part-holonym) meteor shower, meteor stream
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shooting star
shooting star
n : a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode [syn: meteor]
shooting star
n : a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode [syn: meteor]
Shooting Star Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| The Harry Potter Glossary |
Shooting Star
An outdated flying broomstick model.
An outdated flying broomstick model.
Shooting Star Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Shooting Star
A shooting star is the common name for the visible path of a meteoroid as it enters the atmosphere.
Shooting star may also refer to:
- Shooting Star (band), a rock band from Kansas City, MO
- Shooting Star (comics), a character from Marvel Comics
- P-80 Shooting Star, a United States Army Air Forces jet fighter
- T-33 Shooting Star, an American-built jet trainer
- Shooting Star Children's Hospice, a UK children's charity
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