rockery
rockery

rocket


Definition: Meaning of, rocket in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈrɒkɪt /

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rocket rockets
  1. [countable] a vehicle used for travelling or carrying things into space, which is shaped like a big tube [↪  spacecraft]
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  2. [countable] a weapon shaped like a big tube that is fired at things [↪  missile]
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  3. [countable] a FIREWORK that goes high into the air before exploding into coloured lights
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  4. [uncountable] British English a plant with green leaves and a strong taste, eaten raw in SALAD s [=  arugula American English]
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rocket rocketed rocketed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
rocketing rockets
[intransitive]
  1. also rocket up if a price or amount rockets, it increases quickly and suddenly
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  2. [always + adverb/preposition] to move somewhere very fast [=  shoot]
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  3. [always + adverb/preposition] to achieve a successful position very quickly [=  shoot]
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rocket used in phrases

  • anti-submarine rocket (noun)
    1. a shipboard system to fire rockets at submarines
  • booster rocket (noun)
    1. the first stage of a multistage rocket
  • dyer's rocket (noun)
    1. european mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America
  • garden rocket (noun)
    1. erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
  • multistage rocket (noun)
    1. each with its own fuel a rocket having two or more rocket engines that are fired in succession and jettisoned when the fuel is exhausted
  • nuclear rocket (noun)
    1. a rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant
  • prairie rocket (noun)
    1. any of several North American plants of the genus Erysimum having large yellow flowers
    2. any of several western American plants of the genus Cheiranthus having large yellow flowers
  • research rocket (noun)
    1. a rocket fired for test purposes
  • rocket base (noun)
    1. military a military base for rocket missiles
  • rocket cress (noun)
    1. noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium
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