[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shooting \shoot"ing\, a.
   of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
   1913 webster

   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.
   a 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.
   b 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.
      1913 webster
see also:
shooting board shooting box shooting gallery shooting iron shooting star falling star 
leonids perseids dodecatheon meadia cowslip shooting stick 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

meteor \me"teor\, n. f. m'et'eore, gr. ?, pl. ? things in
   the air, fr. ? high in air, raised off the ground; ? beyond +
   ?, ?, a suspension or hovering in the air, fr. ? to lift,
   raise up.
   1913 webster
   1. any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds,
      rain, hail, snow, etc.
      1913 webster

            hail, an ordinary meteor.             --bp. hall.
      1913 webster

   2. specif.: a transient luminous body or appearance seen in
      the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region.
      1913 webster

            the vaulty top of heaven
            figured quite o'er with burning meteors. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. a mass of stone or other substance which sometimes falls
      to the earth from space beyond the moon, burning up from
      atomospheric friction and creating a brilliant but usually
      very brief trail of light in the atmosphere; also called a
      shooting star.
      pjc

   note: the term is especially applied to fireballs, and the
         masses of stone or other substances which sometimes
         fall to the earth; also to shooting stars and to ignes
         fatui. meteors are often classed as: aerial meteors,
         winds, tornadoes, etc.; aqueous meteors, rain, hail,
         snow, dew, etc.; luminous meteors, rainbows, halos,
         etc.; and igneous meteors, lightning, shooting stars,
         and the like.
         1913 webster
see also:
shooting star 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

star \star\ staumr, n. oe. sterre, as. steorra; akin to
   ofries. stera, os. sterro, d. ster, ohg. sterno, sterro, g.
   stern, icel. stjarna, sw. stjerna, dan. stierne, goth.
   sta'irn=o, armor.  corn. steren, l. stella, gr. 'asth`r,
   'a`stron, skr. star; perhaps from a root meaning, to scatter,
   skr. st.r, l. sternere cf. stratum, and originally
   applied to the stars as being strewn over the sky, or as
   being scatterers or spreaders of light. root296. cf.
   aster, asteroid, constellation, disaster, stellar.
   1. one of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the
      heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon,
      comets, and nebulae.
      1913 webster

            his eyen twinkled in his head aright,
            as do the stars in the frosty night.  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   note: the stars are distinguished as planets, and fixed
         stars. see planet, fixed stars under fixed, and
         magnitude of a star under magnitude.
         1913 webster

   2. the polestar; the north star. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. astrol. a planet supposed to influence one's destiny;
      usually pl. a configuration of the planets, supposed to
      influence fortune.
      1913 webster

            o malignant and ill-brooding stars.   --shak.
      1913 webster

            blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. --addison.
      1913 webster

   4. that which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament
      worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor.
      1913 webster

            on whom . . .
            lavish honor showered all her stars.  --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   5. specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an
      asterisk thus, ; -- used as a reference to a note, or
      to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc.
      1913 webster

   6. pyrotechny a composition of combustible matter used in
      the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding
      in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
      1913 webster

   7. a person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially
      on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading
      theatrical performer, etc.
      1913 webster

   note: star is used in the formation of compound words
         generally of obvious signification; as, star-aspiring,
         star-bespangled, star-bestudded, star-blasting,
         star-bright, star-crowned, star-directed, star-eyed,
         star-headed, star-paved, star-roofed, star-sprinkled,
         star-wreathed.
         1913 webster

   blazing star, double star, multiple star, shooting
   star, etc. see under blazing, double, etc.

   nebulous star astron., a small well-defined circular
      nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star.
      

   star anise bot., any plant of the genus illicium; -- so
      called from its star-shaped capsules.

   star apple bot., a tropical american tree chrysophyllum
      cainito, having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a
      silky-golden pubescence beneath. it bears an applelike
      fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when
      cut across. the name is extended to the whole genus of
      about sixty species, and the natural order sapotaceae
      to which it belongs is called the star-apple family.

   star conner, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an
      astronomer or an astrologer. --gascoigne.

   star coral zool., any one of numerous species of stony
      corals belonging to astraea, orbicella, and allied
      genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and
      contain conspicuous radiating septa.

   star cucumber. bot. see under cucumber.

   star flower. bot.
      a a plant of the genus ornithogalum;
          star-of-bethlehem.
      b see starwort
      b .
      c an american plant of the genus trientalis
          trientalis americana. --gray.

   star fort fort., a fort surrounded on the exterior with
      projecting angles; -- whence the name.

   star gauge ordnance, a long rod, with adjustable points
      projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of
      different parts of the bore of a gun.

   star grass. bot.
      a a small grasslike plant hypoxis erecta having
          star-shaped yellow flowers.
      b the colicroot. see colicroot.

   star hyacinth bot., a bulbous plant of the genus scilla
      scilla autumnalis; -- called also star-headed
      hyacinth.

   star jelly bot., any one of several gelatinous plants
      nostoc commune, nostoc edule, etc.. see nostoc.

   star lizard. zool. same as stellion.

   star-of-bethlehem bot., a bulbous liliaceous plant
      ornithogalum umbellatum having a small white starlike
      flower.

   star-of-the-earth bot., a plant of the genus plantago
      plantago coronopus, growing upon the seashore.

   star polygon geom., a polygon whose sides cut each other
      so as to form a star-shaped figure.

   stars and stripes, a popular name for the flag of the
      united states, which consists of thirteen horizontal
      stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in
      a blue field, white stars to represent the several states,
      one for each.

            with the old flag, the true american flag, the
            eagle, and the stars and stripes, waving over the
            chamber in which we sit.              --d. webster.

   star showers. see shooting star, under shooting.

   star thistle bot., an annual composite plant centaurea
      solstitialis having the involucre armed with stout
      radiating spines.

   star wheel mach., a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of
      ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions
      of some machines.

   star worm zool., a gephyrean.

   temporary star astron., a star which appears suddenly,
      shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears.
      these stars were supposed by some astronomers to be
      variable stars of long and undetermined periods. more
      recently, variations star in start intensity are
      classified more specifically, and this term is now
      obsolescent. see also nova. obsolescent

   variable star astron., a star whose brilliancy varies
      periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes
      irregularly; -- called periodical star when its changes
      occur at fixed periods.

   water star grass bot., an aquatic plant schollera
      graminea with small yellow starlike blossoms.
      1913 webster
see also:
stratum aster asteroid constellation disaster stellar 
planets fixed stars planet fixed stars fixed 
magnitude of a star magnitude blazing star double star multiple star 
shooting star blazing double nebulous star star anise 
star apple chrysophyllum cainito sapotaceae star conner star coral 
astraea orbicella star cucumber cucumber star flower 
ornithogalum starwort trientalis trientalis americana star fort 
star gauge star grass hypoxis erecta colicroot star hyacinth 
scilla scilla autumnalis star-headed hyacinth star jelly nostoc commune 
nostoc edule nostoc star lizard stellion star-of-bethlehem 
ornithogalum umbellatum star-of-the-earth plantago plantago coronopus star polygon 
stars and stripes star showers shooting star shooting star thistle 
centaurea solstitialis star wheel star worm temporary star nova 
variable star periodical star water star grass schollera graminea 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

shooting star
     n : a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a
         meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction
         causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode syn:
          meteor
see also:
meteor 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

36 moby thesaurus words for "shooting star":
   aerolite, angry clouds, black cat, black clouds, bolide,
   broken mirror, chondrite, cosmic dust, fireball, gathering clouds,
   halcyon bird, meteor, meteor crater, meteor dust, meteor shower,
   meteor swarm, meteor trail, meteor train, meteoric shower,
   meteorite, meteoroid, meteorolite, micrometeorite, micrometeoroid,
   owl, radiant, radiant point, rainbow, raven, siderite, siderolite,
   storm clouds, stormy petrel, tektite, thundercloud, thunderhead

Fixed Star >> F Words
Fixed Star, definition of term: Fixed Star
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Giant Star >> G Words
Giant Star, definition of term: Giant Star
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Falling Star >> F Words
Falling Star, definition of term: Falling Star
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Double Star >> D Words
Double Star, definition of term: Double Star
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Death Star >> D Words
Death Star, definition of term: Death Star
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Dog Star >> D Words
Dog Star, definition of term: Dog Star
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Bronze Star >> B Words
Bronze Star, definition of term: Bronze Star
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