rocket

Noun

• sends a firework display high into the sky

• propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon

• erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender

• a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion

• any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

Verb

• propel with a rocket

• shoot up abruptly, like a rocket
  • prices skyrocketed
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  skyrocket , roquette , garden rocket , rocket salad , arugula , Eruca sativa , Eruca vesicaria sativa , rocket engine , projectile