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shooting star

The correct spelling is shooting star.

How to pronounce shooting star

noun

Say it like: Shoo-tin-g s-tar

The correct spelling is shooting star. A meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere.

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noun

  1. 1.A meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere.
  2. 2.Any of several wild flowering plants in the genus Dodecatheon, mostly found in Western North America.

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