meteor

(noun, verb)

noun

1. (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere

Similar word(s): meteoroid

Definition categories: object

2. 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

Definition categories: phenomenon, light

verb

1. (intransitive) To move at great speed.