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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/ ˈrɒkɪt /
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/ ˈrɒkɪt /
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 rocketyellow rocket any of several yellow-flowered plants of the related genus Barbarea , esp B. vulgaris
- sea rocketsea rocket any 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
- See dame's violetdame's rocketdame's rocket another name for dame's violet
rocket
/ rŏk′ĭt /
- A vehicle or device propelled by one or more rocket engines, especially such a vehicle designed to travel through space.
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- rocket·like adjective
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Example Sentences
The questions going through my mind are: How on earth are there Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers in the heart of Paris?
These people that work for the BOP are not rocket scientists.
Her brothers formed a group to rescue people after a rocket attack.
It is adopting technology—in rocket propulsion, composite construction, and aerodynamic refinements—already in use elsewhere.
That would require the rocket to run for 55 to 60 seconds without a glitch.
General Pio del Pilar slept in the city every night, ready to give the rocket-signal for revolt.
It was in conjunction with Mr. Booth that my father constructed the 'Rocket' engine.
The day “Rocket” was much older, and got a good share of the Isle of Wight traffic.
Francis Falconer, who died at Petersfield about 1874, drove the day “Rocket” all the time it ran.
The Portsmouth Road has known no through coach since his “Rocket” was discontinued.
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