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Meaning of shooting star

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

shooting star

noun

Definitions

  1. A meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere.

    Synonyms:falling starfaxed starmeteor
  2. Any of several wild flowering plants in the genus Dodecatheon, mostly found in Western North America.

    Synonyms:shootingstar