ROCKET

rocket, rocket engine

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

rocket, projectile

(noun) any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

skyrocket, rocket

(noun) sends a firework display high into the sky

rocket, skyrocket

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

rocket, roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa

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

rocket

(verb) propel with a rocket

rocket, skyrocket

(verb) shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; “prices skyrocketed”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

rocket (plural rockets)

A rocket engine.

(military) A non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine.

A vehicle propelled by a rocket engine.

A rocket propelled firework, a skyrocket

(slang) An ace (the playing card).

(military slang) An angry communication (such as a letter or telegram) to a subordinate.

A blunt lance head used in jousting.

(figurative) Something that shoots high in the air.

(Scotland, slang) A stupid or crazy person.

Verb

rocket (third-person singular simple present rockets, present participle rocketing, simple past and past participle rocketed)

To accelerate swiftly and powerfully

To fly vertically

To rise or soar rapidly

To carry something in a rocket

To attack something with rockets

Etymology 2

Noun

rocket (uncountable)

The leaf vegetable Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.

rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis)

Synonyms

• (US) arugula

• rocket salad

Source: Wiktionary

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Rock"et, n. Etym: [F. roquette (cf. Sp. ruqueta, It ruchetta), fr. L. eruca.] (Bot.) (a) A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad. (b) Damewort. (c) Rocket larkspur. See below. Dyer's Rocket. (Bot.) See Dyer's broom, under Broom.

– Rocket larkspur (Bot.), an annual plant with showy flowers in long racemes (Delphinium Ajacis).

– Sea rocket (Bot.), either of two fleshy cruciferous plants (Cakile maritima and C. Americana) found on the seashore of Europe and America.

– Yellow rocket (Bot.), a common cruciferous weed with yellow flowers (Barbarea vulgaris).

Rock"et, n. Etym: [It. rocchetta, fr. rocca a distaff, of German origin. Named from the resemblance in shape to a distaff. See Rock a distaff.]

1. An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display.

2. A blunt lance head used in the joust. Congreve rocket, a powerful form of rocket for use in war, invented by Sir William Congreve. It may be used either in the field or for bombardment; in the former case, it is armed with shells or case shot; in the latter, with a combustible material inclosed in a metallic case, which is inextinguishable when kindled, and scatters its fire on every side.

Rock"et, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rocketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Rocketing.] (Sporting)

Definition: To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective. [Eng.] An old cock pheasant came rocketing over me. H. R. Haggard.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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