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shooting star

noun

  1. Also called American cowslip, 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.


shooting star

noun

  1. 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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of shooting star1

First recorded in 1585–95
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Example Sentences

The shooting stars in a meteor shower will appear across the sky.

Two of the mirrored orbs spun wildly together like a dancing couple throwing shooting stars into the darkened room.

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With clear skies, you should be able catch a few of the shower’s brightest shooting stars.

A shooting star flickered above me and vanished in an instant.

Because you shoot like a bomb or a shooting star, but then it falls down.

We next proceed to the phenomenon generally called Falling or Shooting Star.

A shooting star falling near a house, foretells an early death in that dwelling.

The third brother was Tecumseh, "the wild-cat that leaps upon its prey," or "the shooting star," as the name has been translated.

It is this misleading appearance that probably is responsible for the name shooting star.

The shooting-star, a near relative of the cyclamen, is as thick upon the earth as stars up in the sky.

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