falling star

noun

1. an incandescent meteor; a shooting star.

falling star

noun

1. See meteor
   an informal name for meteor

Word History and Origins

Origin of falling star¹

First recorded in 1555–65

Example Sentences

With patience and a little luck, you just might catch a falling star.

From Science News For Students

Showing a picture of Murphy, Spade quipped, “Look, children, a falling star ... quick, make a wish.”

From The Daily Beast

Detroiters heckled the falling star, and then walked out en masse.

From The Daily Beast

The next, there sailed across its small diameter a falling Star.

From Project Gutenberg

Go and Catch a Falling Star is but one of a series of delightful lyrics in disparagement of women.

From Project Gutenberg

Even as I looked something resembling a falling star curved across the sky.

From Project Gutenberg

As Dr. Martineau waited for his companion to speak, a falling star streaked the deep blue above them.

From Project Gutenberg

And so with all their sky-flourishing and rocketing, which we look at as at a falling star; pretty, no doubt, but not in our way.

From Project Gutenberg