meteor
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.