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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
falling star
noun
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▪ We know that the next falling star is almost certain to get too close to the sun, and catch fire!
The Collaborative International Dictionary
falling star

Shooting \Shoot"ing\, a. Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting. Shooting board (Joinery), a fixture used in planing or shooting the edge of a board, by means of which the plane is guided and the board held true. Shooting box, a small house in the country for use in the shooting season. --Prof. Wilson. Shooting gallery, a range, usually covered, with targets for practice with firearms. Shooting iron, a firearm. [Slang, U.S.] Shooting star.

  1. (Astron.) A starlike, luminous meteor, that, appearing suddenly, darts quickly across some portion of the sky, and then as suddenly disappears, leaving sometimes, for a few seconds, a luminous train, -- called also falling star.

    Note: Shooting stars are small cosmical bodies which encounter the earth in its annual revolution, and which become visible by coming with planetary velocity into the upper regions of the atmosphere. At certain periods, as on the 13th of November and 10th of August, they appear for a few hours in great numbers, apparently diverging from some point in the heavens, such displays being known as meteoric showers, or star showers. These bodies, before encountering the earth, were moving in orbits closely allied to the orbits of comets. See Leonids, Perseids.

  2. (Bot.) The American cowslip ( Dodecatheon Meadia). See under Cowslip.

    Shooting stick (Print.), a tapering piece of wood or iron, used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase.
    --Hansard.

Wiktionary
falling star

n. (context astronomy English) A meteor.

Wikipedia
Falling Star (The Outer Limits)

"Falling Star" is an episode of The Outer Limits television series. It first aired on 30 June 1996, during the second season.

Falling star

Falling star or shooting star is the common name for the visible path of a meteoroid as it enters the atmosphere to become a meteor. If a falling star survives impact with the Earth's surface, then it is called a meteorite.

Falling Star or variants may also refer to:

Usage examples of "falling star".

A falling star became a starship, the starship a warship, and the warship a fountain of death raining on the face of the world.

If you saw a falling star, and if you could make a wish before the star went out, the wish would come true.

A falling star burned its way down the purple sky as I turned away, headed for the copper-chased door and the low Maze of Art beyond it.

They called it a falling star, but it is not a good name: the old stars are still there after the falling star falls.