bolide
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bolide
- /ˈboʊ.laɪd/ US
- /ˈboʊ.lɪd/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French bolide, from Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”). Doublet of bolis.
noun bolides
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An extremely bright meteor.
Similar: fireball
- Any extraterrestrial body that collides with Earth. The smallest impactor that can penetrate the atmosphere deep enough to cause any damage on the ground is not much smaller than the "Tunguska" bolide that flattened a couple thousand square miles of Siberian forest in 1908.
- A fireball.
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Talk about this word "bolide." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bolide. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bolide. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bolide "bolide." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bolide.Cite this
@misc{bolide_2026,
title = {bolide},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bolide},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
