star shower

Noun

star shower (plural star showers)

1. Synonym of meteor shower.
   • At first, we thought they were a star shower. But the “stars” stayed in a circle as if they were strung together like beads. Meteors scatter when they fall, so we soon realized we were seeing something else.2001, Philip L. Rife, America's Nightmare Monsters, →ISBN, page 136
   • The speaker opens by asking if we stayed up to watch the star shower known as Leonid that is “mysteriously pelted at us” once a year.2007, Deirdre J. Fagan, Critical Companion to Robert Frost, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   meteor shower