rocket

/'rɔkit/
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rocket

A child watches a rocket launch on television.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance by the combustion of its contents: A device, often used as a firework or signal, that is propelled into the air.
    • A vehicle or device propelled by a rocket engine: A spacecraft, missile, or other object that obtains thrust from a rocket engine.
    • A plant (Eruca sativa): An edible annual plant of the cabbage family, often used in salads; also known as arugula.

  2. Verb:

    • To move or travel very rapidly: To increase or rise extremely quickly.
    • To propel or launch with a rocket engine: To cause something to move very fast, often upward.
Examples

  • Noun:

    • The children watched the colorful rocket explode high in the night sky.
    • The space rocket was launched successfully from the Cape.
    • I added some fresh rocket to my salad for a peppery flavor.

  • Verb:

    • The company's stock price rocketed after the successful product launch.
    • The new model can rocket from 0 to 60 mph in under three seconds.
Advanced Usage
  • "To give someone a rocket" (British English, informal): To reprimand or scold someone severely.
    • The manager gave him a rocket for being late to the important meeting.
Variants and Related Words
  • Skyrocket (verb): To rise very quickly and suddenly.
    • Demand for the new phone has skyrocketed.
  • Rocket science (noun, informal): Used to refer to something perceived as very complex or difficult to understand.
    • Cooking a basic meal isn't rocket science.
Synonyms
  • Noun (projectile): Missile, projectile, firework.
  • Verb (move quickly): Soar, surge, shoot up, zoom.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Rocket up: To increase or rise very rapidly.
    • Unemployment figures rocketed up during the recession.
Related Idioms
  • "It's not rocket science": Used to say that something is not very difficult to understand or do.
    • Just follow the instructions; assembling the furniture isn't rocket science.
rocket

A child watches a rocket launch on television.

Noun
  1. sends a firework display high into the sky
  2. propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
  3. erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
  4. a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
  5. any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
Verb
  1. propel with a rocket
  2. shoot up abruptly, like a rocket
    • prices skyrocketed

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