[boh-lahyd, -lid] 
| a large, brilliant meteor, esp. one that explodes; fireball. |
| bo·lide (bō'līd, -lĭd) n. A meteoric fireball. [French, from Latin bolis, bolid-, kind of meteor, from Greek, missile, flash (of lightning), from ballein, to throw; see gwelə- in Indo-European roots.] |