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rocket1
noun
1 a cylinder containing inflammable material, projected through the air, used eg for signalling purposes, carrying a line to a ship in distress, or as part of a firework display.
2 a projectile or vehicle, especially a space vehicle, that obtains its thrust from a backward jet of hot gases produced by the burning of a mixture of fuel and oxygen that is carried within it.
3 a missile propelled by a rocket system.
4 Brit colloq a severe reprimand.
verb (rocketed , rocketing )
1 to propel (a spacecraft, etc) by means of a rocket.
2 intr to move, especially upwards, extremely quickly, as if with the speed of a rocket.
3 intr said of prices: to rise very quickly; to soar.
4 to attack with rockets.
5 Brit colloq to reprimand someone severely.
[17c: from French roquette , from Italian rochetta , a diminutive of rocca a distaff, with reference to its shape]
rocketry noun the scientific study and use of rockets.
noun
1 a cylinder containing inflammable material, projected through the air, used eg for signalling purposes, carrying a line to a ship in distress, or as part of a firework display.
2 a projectile or vehicle, especially a space vehicle, that obtains its thrust from a backward jet of hot gases produced by the burning of a mixture of fuel and oxygen that is carried within it.
3 a missile propelled by a rocket system.
4 Brit colloq a severe reprimand.
verb (rocketed , rocketing )
1 to propel (a spacecraft, etc) by means of a rocket.
2 intr to move, especially upwards, extremely quickly, as if with the speed of a rocket.
3 intr said of prices: to rise very quickly; to soar.
4 to attack with rockets.
5 Brit colloq to reprimand someone severely.
[17c: from French roquette , from Italian rochetta , a diminutive of rocca a distaff, with reference to its shape]
rocketry noun the scientific study and use of rockets.
rocket2
noun
1 a salad plant of Mediterranean countries.
2 in compounds any of several other plants garden rocket .
[16c: from Latin eruca a type of herb]
noun
1 a salad plant of Mediterranean countries.
2 in compounds any of several other plants garden rocket .
[16c: from Latin eruca a type of herb]
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