shooting star

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noun

meteor (def. 1b).

Also called American cowslip, prairie pointer. any of several North American plants of the genus Dodecatheon, especially D. meadia, having pink or white flowers with reflexed petals and stamens forming a pointed beak.

Origin of shooting star

First recorded in 1585–95

Words nearby shooting star

shooting gallery, shooting guard, shooting iron, shooting match, shooting script, shooting star, shooting stick, shooting war, shootist, shoot-off, shoot off one's mouth

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Example sentences from the Web for shooting star

The shooting-star, a near relative of the cyclamen, is as thick upon the earth as stars up in the sky.
Your National Parks|Enos A. Mills
As a shooting-star in the darkness so flashed the spear of Achilles as he hurled it home to pierce the neck of Hector.
Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12)|Various
A shooting-star scored the dark blue night-sky and vanished.
The Death of the Gods|Dmitri Mrejkowski
About one-half of this number are also known as shooting-star epochs.
Meteoric astronomy:|Daniel Kirkwood

His body fell through the heavens, aflame like a shooting-star; and the horses of the Sun dashed homeward with the empty chariot.
Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew|Josephine Preston Peabody

British Dictionary definitions for shooting star

shooting star

noun

an informal name for meteor

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Scientific definitions for shooting star

shooting star

[ shōō′tĭng ]

See meteor.

单词	shooting star
释义	shooting star SEE SYNONYMS FOR shooting star ON THESAURUS.COM noun meteor (def. 1b). Also called American cowslip, prairie pointer. any of several North American plants of the genus Dodecatheon, especially D. meadia, having pink or white flowers with reflexed petals and stamens forming a pointed beak. Origin of shooting star First recorded in 1585–95 Words nearby shooting star shooting gallery, shooting guard, shooting iron, shooting match, shooting script, shooting star, shooting stick, shooting war, shootist, shoot-off, shoot off one's mouth Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shooting star The shooting-star, a near relative of the cyclamen, is as thick upon the earth as stars up in the sky. Your National Parks\|Enos A. Mills As a shooting-star in the darkness so flashed the spear of Achilles as he hurled it home to pierce the neck of Hector. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12)\|Various A shooting-star scored the dark blue night-sky and vanished. The Death of the Gods\|Dmitri Mrejkowski About one-half of this number are also known as shooting-star epochs. Meteoric astronomy:\|Daniel Kirkwood His body fell through the heavens, aflame like a shooting-star; and the horses of the Sun dashed homeward with the empty chariot. Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew\|Josephine Preston Peabody British Dictionary definitions for shooting star shooting star noun an informal name for meteor Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to shooting star falling star, bolide, comet, fireball, meteorite, meteoroid Scientific definitions for shooting star shooting star [ shōō′tĭng ] See meteor. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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shooting star

noun

Origin of shooting star

Words nearby shooting star

Example sentences from the Web for shooting star

British Dictionary definitions for shooting star

noun

Words related to shooting star

Scientific definitions for shooting star