Meteor /(?)/

Me·te·or

Meteor

n.
  1. Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, etc.
    Hail, an ordinary meteor.
  2. Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region.
    The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o'er with burning meteors.
  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.