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Rocket

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Noun

1. projectile, rocket

any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

2. rocket, rocket engine

a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion

3. arugula, eruca sativa, eruca vesicaria sativa, garden rocket, rocket, rocket salad, roquette

erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender

4. rocket, skyrocket

propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon

5. rocket, skyrocket

sends a firework display high into the sky

Verb

6. rocket, skyrocket

shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

Example Sentences:
'prices skyrocketed'

7. rocket

propel with a rocket

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rocket

see synonyms of rocket
noun
1. 
a self-propelling device, esp a cylinder containing a mixture of solid explosives, used as a firework, distress signal, line carrier, etc
2. 
a. 
any vehicle propelled by a rocket engine, esp one used to carry a warhead, spacecraft, etc
b. 
(as modifier)
rocket propulsion
rocket launcher
3. British and New Zealand informal
a severe reprimand (esp in the phrase get a rocket)
verb -ets, -eting or -eted
4. (transitive)
to propel (a missile, spacecraft, etc) by means of a rocket
5. (intr; foll by off, away, etc)
to move off at high speed
6. (intransitive)
to rise rapidly
he rocketed to the top
noun
1. Also called: arugula
a Mediterranean plant, Eruca sativa, having yellowish-white flowers and leaves used as a salad: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
2. 
any of several plants of the related genus Sisymbrium, esp S. irio (London rocket), which grow on waste ground and have pale yellow flowers
3.  yellow rocket
4.  sea rocket
5.  dame's rocket

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Rocket

see synonyms of rocket
noun
1. 
any of various plants of the crucifer family, with white, yellow, pink, or purple flowers; esp., sea rocket (genus Cakile) found along seashores in Europe and North America
2. 
arugula
: also rocket salad
3. 
dame's violet
noun
1. 
any of various devices, typically cylindrical, containing liquid or solid propellants which when ignited produce hot gases or ions that escape through a rear vent and drive the container forward by the principle of reaction: simple rockets are used mainly as fireworks, signals, and projectile weapons, while more complex rockets are used to propel guided missiles, ballistic missiles, and spacecraft
see also rocket engine, rocket motor
2. 
a spacecraft, missile, probe, etc. propelled by a rocket
verb intransitive
3. 
to go like a rocket; dart ahead swiftly
4. 
to travel in a rocket
5. 
to soar; rise rapidly
prices rocketed
verb transitive
6. 
to convey in a rocket
7. 
to attack by firing a rocket at
8. 
to propel with or as with sudden force
a hit song rocketing a singer to stardom

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rocket

see synonyms of rocket
n.
1.
a. A rocket engine.
b. A vehicle or device propelled by one or more rocket engines, especially such a vehicle designed to travel through space.
2. A projectile weapon carrying a warhead that is powered and propelled by rockets.
3. A projectile firework having a cylindrical shape and a fuse that is lit from the rear.
v. rock·et·ed, rock·et·ing, rock·ets
v.intr.
1. To move swiftly and powerfully, as a rocket
2. To fly swiftly straight up, as a game bird frightened from cover.
3. To soar or rise rapidly: The book rocketed to the top of the bestseller list.
v.tr.
1. To carry by means of a rocket.
2. To assault with rockets.
n.
1. See arugula.
2. Any of several plants of the mustard family, especially the dame's rocket and the sea rocket.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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