rocket (n.)

  1. any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

    [ Syn: projectile ]

  2. a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion

    [ Syn: rocket engine ]

  3. erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender

    [ Syn: roquette , garden rocket , rocket salad , arugula , eruca sativa , eruca vesicaria sativa ]

  4. propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon

    [ Syn: skyrocket ]

  5. sends a firework display high into the sky

    [ Syn: skyrocket ]

    rocket (v.)

  1. shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; prices skyrocketed

    [ Syn: skyrocket ]

  2. propel with a rocket

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