meteoricadjective
uk/ˌmiː.tiˈɒr.ɪk/us/ˌmiː.t̬iˈɔːr.ɪk/meteoric adjective (OF A ROCK)
relating to or caused by a meteor:
The sudden flash of light in the night sky was caused by a meteoric fireball.
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Astronomy
- asteroid
- astral
- astro-
- astrolabe
- astronomer
- geostationary orbit
- gibbous
- heavenly body
- interplanetary
- interstellar
- Pleiades
- plough
- Pluto
- Polaris
- pulsar
- Uranus
- Venus
- vernal equinox
- wane
- white dwarf
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meteoric adjective (VERY FAST)
used to describe something that develops very fast and attracts a lot of attention:
The group had a meteoric rise to fame in the 70s.
Her political career has been meteoric.
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Fast and rapid
- a mile a minute idiom
- apace
- as fast as your legs would carry you idiom
- as if it is going out of style idiom
- at a rate of knots idiom
- crash
- fleet
- have a heavy foot idiom
- high-speed
- hotfoot
- in the twinkling of an eye idiom
- Jack Robinson
- lickety-split
- lightning
- mile
- smartly
- souped-up
- spread like wildfire idiom
- swift
- tilt
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