[rok-it] 
| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | a space capsule or vehicle put into orbit by such devices. |
| 3. | rocket engine. |
| 4. | to move or transport by means of a rocket. |
| 5. | to attack with rockets. |
| 6. | to move like a rocket. |
| 7. | (of game birds) to fly straight up rapidly when flushed. |
[rok-it] | 1. | any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera. Compare dame's rocket. |
| 2. | Also called rocket salad, roquette. arugula. |
| 3. | a noxious weed, Barbarea vulgaris, of the U.S., having lobed leaves and clusters of small, yellow flowers. |
[uh-roo-guh-luh] | a Mediterranean plant, Eruca vesicaria sativa, of the mustard family, having pungent leaves used in salads. |
[ri-shahrd; Fr. ree-shar] | Mau⋅rice [maw-rees; Fr. moh-rees] , (“Rocket”), 1921–2000, Canadian hockey player. |
| a reaction engine that produces a thrust due to an exhaust consisting entirely of material, as oxidizer, fuel, and inert matter, that has been carried with the engine in the vehicle it propels, none of the propellant being derived from the medium through which the vehicle moves. |
| a·ru·gu·la (ə-rōō'gə-lə) n. A Mediterranean plant (Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa) having flowers with purple-veined, yellowish-white petals and pungent, edible leaves. Also called rocket2, rocket salad, roquette. [Probably Italian dialectal, from Latin ērūca, cabbage.] |
| rock·et 1 n.
v. intr.
[Italian rocchetta, diminutive of rocca, spindle, distaff, of Germanic origin.] |
| rock·et 2 (rŏk'ĭt) n.
[Middle English rokette, from Old French roquette, from Italian rochetta, variant of ruchetta, diminutive of ruca, a kind of cabbage, from Latin ērūca.] |