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Definition of Rocket
1. Verb. Shoot up abruptly, like a rocket. "Prices skyrocketed"
Generic synonyms: Arise, Come Up, Go Up, Lift, Move Up, Rise, Uprise
Derivative terms: Skyrocket, Skyrocket
2. Noun. Any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine.
Specialized synonyms: Missile, Multistage Rocket, Step Rocket, Research Rocket, Test Instrument Vehicle, Test Rocket
Terms within: Rocket Engine
Generic synonyms: Vehicle
Derivative terms: Projectile
3. Verb. Propel with a rocket.
4. Noun. A jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion.
Specialized synonyms: Booster, Booster Rocket, Booster Unit, Takeoff Booster, Takeoff Rocket, Nuclear Rocket, Retrorocket, Space Rocket, Thruster
Generic synonyms: Jet Engine
Group relationships: Projectile
5. Noun. Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender.
Group relationships: Eruca, Genus Eruca
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
6. Noun. Propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon.
7. Noun. Sends a firework display high into the sky.
Definition of Rocket
1. n. A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.
2. n. 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.
3. v. i. To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective.
Definition of Rocket
1. Noun. A rocket engine. ¹
2. Noun. (military) A non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine. ¹
3. Noun. A vehicle propelled by a rocket engine. ¹
4. Noun. A rocket propelled firework, a skyrocket ¹
5. Noun. (slang) An ace (the playing card). ¹
6. Noun. (military slang) An angry communication (such as a letter or telegram) to a subordinate. ¹
7. Verb. To accelerate swiftly and powerfully ¹
8. Verb. To fly vertically ¹
9. Verb. To rise or soar rapidly ¹
10. Verb. To carry something in a rocket ¹
11. Verb. To attack something with rockets ¹
12. Noun. The leaf vegetable (spelink Eruca sativa). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rocket
1. to convey by means of a rocket (a device propelled by the reaction of escaping gases) [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Rocket
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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.
Origin: It. Rocchetta, fr. Rocca a distaff, of German origin. Named from the resemblance in shape to a distaff. See Rock a distaff.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rocket
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