shooting star
shooting star noun: a meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere.
Noun
shooting star (plural shooting stars)
- 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 star, meteor, faxed star
- Any of several wild flowering plants in the genus Primula (synonym Dodecatheon), mostly found in Western North America.
- Synonyms:
- shootingstar
- The flowering plant Primula meadia (synonym Dodecatheon meadia).
shooting star meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
shooting star in Hindi
- meteor
- उल्का ulkā
shooting star in Tamil
- எரிகல், எரிநட்சத்திரம்
shooting star in Urdu
- meteor
- ٹُوٹا تارَہ ṭūṭā tāra, شَہابِ ثاقِب śahāb-e s̱āqib
shooting star in Malayalam
- ഉൽക്ക, വീഴുന്ന നക്ഷത്രം, അഗ്ന്യുത്പാതം, കൊള്ളിമീൻ
More languagesFewer languages
- shooting star in Kannada
- ಧೂಮಕೇತು, ಉಲ್ಕೆ
- shooting star in Tagalog
- bulalakaw
- shooting star in Arabic
- شِهَاب šihāb
- shooting star in Malay
- bintang beralih, tahi bintang, cirit bintang
- shooting star in Indonesian
- bintang jatuh
- shooting star in Persian
- شهاب šahâb, شخانه šaxâne
- shooting star in Thai
- ผีพุ่งไต้ pǐi-pûng-dtâai, ดาวตก daao-dtòk
- Dzongkha
- སྐར་མདའ skar mda'
Synonyms of shooting star
Forms of shooting star
| plural | shooting stars |
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Questions about shooting star
- What does shooting star mean?
- Shooting star means a meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere.
- What is shooting star in Hindi?
- Shooting star in Hindi is उल्का (ulkā). See Shooting star meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is shooting star?
- Shooting star is a noun.
- What is the plural of shooting star?
- The plural of shooting star is shooting stars.
Words near shooting star in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shooting star (page history and authors); shooting star (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shooting star (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shooting star (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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