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   rocket

   /ˈrɒkɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance by the combustion of its contents, used typically as a firework or signal. Similar missileprojectilerare:trajectile
   • ▪ an engine that operates by the combustion of its contents, providing thrust as in a jet engine but without depending on the intake of air for combustion.
   • ▪ an elongated rocket-propelled missile or spacecraft: "a rocket launcher"
   • ▪ used to refer to a person or thing that moves very fast or to an action that is done with great force: "she shot out of her chair like a rocket"
   • 2. a severe reprimand: informal British "he got a rocket from the Director" Similar scoldingchidingreprimandrebukereproofreproachremonstrationupbraidingberatingcastigationtiradediatribeharanguelectureadmonitionadmonishmentlambastingobloquyinformal:dressing-downtelling-offtalking-totongue-lashingrocketwiggingOpposite commendationpat on the back

   verb

   • 1. (of an amount, price, etc.) increase very rapidly and suddenly: "sales of milk in supermarkets are rocketing" Similar shoot upsoarincrease rapidlyrise rapidlyescalatespiral upwardsinformal:go through the ceilinggo through the roofskyrocketOpposite fallplummet
   • ▪ move very rapidly: "he rocketed to national stardom" Similar speedzoomshootroarwhizzcareergo hell for leatherinformal:scorchteargo like a bat out of hellbombbarrelhightail it
   • 2. attack with rocket-propelled missiles: "the city was rocketed and bombed from the air"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French roquette, from Italian rocchetto, diminutive of rocca ‘distaff (for spinning)’, with reference to its cylindrical shape.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rocket-like adjective

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   What is a rocket engine?

   • a space capsule or vehicle put into orbit by such devices. rocket engine ( def ). to move or transport by means of a rocket. to attack with rockets. to move like a rocket. (of game birds) to fly straight up rapidly when flushed. any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera.

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   What does rocket mean?

   • : a rocket-propelled bomb, missile, projectile, or vehicle : to travel rapidly in or as if in a rocket Verb Sales rocketed from 1,000 units last week to 5,000 units this week. The train rocketed through the tunnel. The spacecraft rocketed into outer space.

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   What does rocket mean in a sentence?

   • A rocket or rocket engine uses thrust to propel something toward the sky, whether it's a spacecraft that will orbit the Earth or a bottle rocket that will explode overheard. You can use the word as a verb, too, to mean "move rapidly": "Without a parachute, the skydiver would rocket to the ground."

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   What are the different types of rockets?

   • Other forms: rockets; rocketed; rocketing A rocket is a space vehicle or missile, or the special engine that's meant to propel such a vehicle into the air. You can even get a model rocket that's small enough to shoot off in your back yard.

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   • A rocket is a space vehicle that is shaped like a long tube. A rocket is a missile containing explosive that is powered by gas. There has been a renewed rocket attack on the capital. A rocket is a firework that quickly goes high into the air and then explodes .

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   How does a rocket engine work?

   • A rocket engine produces thrust by reaction to exhaust expelled at high speed. Rocket engines work entirely from propellant carried within the vehicle; therefore a rocket can fly in the vacuum of space. Rockets work more efficiently in a vacuum and incur a loss of thrust due to the opposing pressure of the atmosphere.

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   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.

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   A rocket is a space vehicle or missile, or the special engine that's meant to propel such a vehicle into the air. You can even get a model rocket that's small enough to shoot off in your back yard.

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    Learn the meaning of rocket as a noun and a verb, with examples of usage and translations. A rocket can be a vehicle for space travel, a weapon that carries a bomb, or a way of increasing or progressing quickly.