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shooting star

shoot star
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [shoot stahr]
    • /ʃut stɑr/
    • /ˈʃuːtɪŋ stɑː(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shoot stahr]
    • /ʃut stɑr/

Definitions of shooting star words

  • noun shooting star meteor (def 1b). 1
  • noun shooting star 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. 1
  • noun shooting star meteor 1
  • countable noun shooting star A shooting star is a piece of rock or metal that burns very brightly when it enters the Earth's atmosphere from space, and is seen from Earth as a bright star travelling very fast across the sky. 0
  • noun shooting star meteor (sense 1) 0
  • noun shooting star any of a genus (Dodecatheon) of North American plants of the primrose family, with clusters of flowers whose petals are turned back 0

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Origin of shooting star

First appearance:

before 1585
One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1585-95

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Parts of speech for Shooting star

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

shooting star popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 74% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

shooting star usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for shooting star

noun shooting star

  • falling star — an incandescent meteor; a shooting star.
  • meteor — Astronomy. a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere. a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
  • fireballSir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.

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