rocket
IPA: rˈɑkʌt
noun
- A projectile.
- A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, (specifically) a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light and colour; a skyrocket.
- A blunt lance head used in jousting.
- A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft.
- An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine.
- Figurative uses.
- Something that travels high in the air and/or with great speed; especially (sport), a hard shot.
- (UK slang, originally military) A severe reprimand; a telling-off.
- (slang) An ace (the playing card).
- (Scotland, slang) A stupid or crazy person.
- (South East England, slang) A very physically attractive woman.
- The leaf vegetable Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
- Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis).
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To accelerate swiftly and powerfully.
- To fly vertically.
- To rise or soar rapidly.
- To experience sudden fame, popularity, or success.
- To carry something in a rocket.
- To attack something with rockets.
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