Canadian English Meaning of rocket

Rocket

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Definitions and Meaning of rocket in English

Wordnet

rocket (n)

any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

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

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

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

sends a firework display high into the sky

Wordnet

rocket (v)

shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

propel with a rocket

Webster

rocket (n.)

A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.

Damewort.

larkspur. See below.

An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display.

A blunt lance head used in the joust.

Webster

rocket (v. i.)

To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective.

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Rocket

any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine, a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion, erect European annual often grown a

blast,hit,buzz,chase,dart,dash,drive,fly,hurry,jet

crawl,creep,drag,lag,linger,poke,Hang out (around or out),amble,dawdle,decelerate

rockery => Rockery, rockers => rockers, rockered => rockered, rocker arm => Rocker arm, rocker => Rocker,