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ALL meanings of rocket

rock·et
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  • noun rocket spacecraft 1
  • noun rocket missile 1
  • noun rocket firework 1
  • noun rocket arugula: salad vegetable 1
  • noun rocket engine type 1
  • intransitive verb rocket move quickly 1
  • intransitive verb rocket prices, stocks: go up rapidly 1
  • 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
  • countable noun rocket A rocket is a space vehicle that is shaped like a long tube. 0
  • countable noun rocket A rocket is a missile containing explosive that is powered by gas. 0
  • countable noun rocket A rocket is a firework that quickly goes high into the air and then explodes. 0
  • verb rocket If things such as prices or social problems rocket, they increase very quickly and suddenly. 0
  • verb rocket If something such as a vehicle rockets somewhere, it moves there very quickly. 0
  • noun rocket a self-propelling device, esp a cylinder containing a mixture of solid explosives, used as a firework, distress signal, line carrier, etc 0
  • noun rocket any vehicle propelled by a rocket engine, esp one used to carry a warhead, spacecraft, etc 0
  • noun rocket (as modifier) 0
  • noun rocket a severe reprimand (esp in the phrase get a rocket) 0
  • verb rocket to propel (a missile, spacecraft, etc) by means of a rocket 0
  • verb rocket to move off at high speed 0
  • verb rocket to rise rapidly 0
  • noun rocket a Mediterranean plant, Eruca sativa, having yellowish-white flowers and leaves used as a salad: family Brassicaceae (crucifers) 0
  • noun rocket any of several plants of the related genus Sisymbrium, esp S. irio (London rocket), which grow on waste ground and have pale yellow flowers 0
  • noun rocket 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 0
  • noun rocket a spacecraft, missile, probe, etc. propelled by a rocket 0
  • intransitive verb rocket to go like a rocket; dart ahead swiftly 0
  • intransitive verb rocket to travel in a rocket 0
  • intransitive verb rocket to soar; rise rapidly 0
  • verb transitive rocket to convey in a rocket 0
  • verb transitive rocket to attack by firing a rocket at 0
  • verb transitive rocket to propel with or as with sudden force 0
  • noun rocket 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 0
  • noun rocket arugula 0
  • noun rocket dame's violet 0
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