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ROCKETER
Etymology
Noun
rocketer (plural rocketers)
(hunting) A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket.
Source: Wiktionary
Rock"et*er, n. (Sporting)
Definition: A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket. [Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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