meteor
/ˈmi.tiɚ/ noun B2- An atmospheric or meteorological phenomenon. These were sometimes classified as aerial or airy meteors (winds), aqueous or watery meteors (hydrometeors: clouds, rain, snow, hail, dew, frost), luminous meteors (rainbows and aurora), and igneous or fiery meteors (lightning and shooting stars).
- A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star.
- A prop similar to poi balls, in that it is twirled at the end of a cord or cable.
- A striking weapon resembling a track and field hammer consisting of a weight swung at the end of a cable or chain.
- Any short-lived source of wonderment.
Plural meteors
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She was in tears, and, strange as it was, in spite of the emotions he felt at the sight of these tears, he looked also at Madame de Villefort, and it appeared to him as if a slight gloomy smile had passed over her thin lips, like a meteor seen passing inauspiciously between two clouds in a stormy sky.
The carriage rolled with a thundering noise over the pavement, and everyone turned to notice the dazzling meteor.
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