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- [rok-it]
- /ˈrɒk ɪt/
- /ˈrɒk.ɪt/
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- [rok-it]
- /ˈrɒk ɪt/
Definitions of rocket word
- noun rocket Maurice [maw-rees;; French moh-rees] /mɔˈris;; French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), ("Rocket") 1921–2000, Canadian hockey player. 1
- verb with object rocket to move or transport by means of a rocket. 1
- verb with object rocket to attack with rockets. 1
- verb without object rocket to move like a rocket. 1
- verb without object rocket (of game birds) to fly straight up rapidly when flushed. 1
- noun rocket spacecraft 1
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Origin of rocket
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
1605-15; < Italian rocchetta, diminutive of rocca distaff (with reference to its shape) < Gothic *rukka
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Parts of speech for Rocket
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rocket popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rocket usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rocket
noun rocket
- ammo — Ammo is ammunition for guns and other weapons.
- ammunition — Ammunition is bullets and rockets that are made to be fired from guns.
- ancillaries — subordinate; subsidiary.
- asteroid — An asteroid is one of the very small planets that move around the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
- balefire — a bonfire
verb rocket
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- barrelled — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- barrelling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- bestir — to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse
- bestirred — to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
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