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rocket
1[ rok-it ]
noun
- any of various simple or complex tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, carrying a lifeline, hurling explosives at an enemy, putting a space vehicle into orbit, etc.
- a space capsule or vehicle put into orbit by such devices.
verb (used with object)
- to move or transport by means of a rocket.
- to attack with rockets.
verb (used without object)
- to move like a rocket.
- (of game birds) to fly straight up rapidly when flushed.
rocket
2[ rok-it ]
noun
- any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera. Compare dame's rocket ( def ).
- Also called rocket salad,. the arugula plant, used in salads.
- a noxious weed, Barbarea vulgaris, of the United States, having lobed leaves and clusters of small, yellow flowers.
rocket
1/ ˈɒɪ /
noun
- a self-propelling device, esp a cylinder containing a mixture of solid explosives, used as a firework, distress signal, line carrier, etc
- any vehicle propelled by a rocket engine, esp one used to carry a warhead, spacecraft, etc
- ( as modifier )
rocket propulsion
rocket launcher
- informal.a severe reprimand (esp in the phrase get a rocket )
verb
- tr to propel (a missile, spacecraft, etc) by means of a rocket
- intr; foll by off, away, etc to move off at high speed
- intr to rise rapidly
he rocketed to the top
rocket
2/ ˈɒɪ /
noun
- Also calledarugula a Mediterranean plant, Eruca sativa , having yellowish-white flowers and leaves used as a salad: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- any of several plants of the related genus Sisymbrium , esp S. irio ( London rocket ), which grow on waste ground and have pale yellow flowers
- yellow rocketany of several yellow-flowered plants of the related genus Barbarea , esp B. vulgaris
- sea rocketany of several plants of the related genus Cakile , esp C. maritima , which grow along the seashores of Europe and North America and have mauve, pink, or white flowers
- dame's rocketanother name for dame's violet
rocket
- A vehicle or device propelled by one or more rocket engines, especially such a vehicle designed to travel through space.
Other Word Forms
- dzij· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of rocket1
Origin of rocket2
Word History and Origins
Origin of rocket1
Origin of rocket2
Example Sentences
He was part of a VIP delegation with Trump and Musk to watch a SpaceX rocket launch in Texas in November.
I witnessed daily violations by the junta, including rocket and mortar attacks which killed and injured civilians and resistance fighters.
Jordan's government has banned the Muslim Brotherhood a week after it said members of the Islamist group had been arrested on suspicion of planning rocket and drone attacks.
That will mean sending up food for tens and eventually hundreds of astronauts living and working in space – something that would be prohibitively expensive if it were sent up by rockets, according to Dr Shamsul.
He said that the UK's reliance on fossil fuels meant "markets went into meltdown and prices rocketed" after Russia waged its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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