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rocket

/ˈɹɑk.ɪt/noun, verb2 syllables

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

Synonyms for rocket10

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

roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa

noun, as in any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

projectile

noun, as in a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion

rocket engine

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

skyrocket

noun, as in sends a firework display high into the sky

skyrocket

verb, as in shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

skyrocket

also used for rocket

eruca

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What does rocket mean?7

noun

1

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

2

any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

3

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

4

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

5

sends a firework display high into the sky

verb

1

shoot up abruptly, like a rocket“prices skyrocketed”

2

propel with a rocket

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with rocket?3

two syllables

pocketsocketdocket
Show 40 near rhymes
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Rocket in a sentence

  • After an hour of waiting, the launch of the rocket was cancelled.Amastan
  • With a deafening roar, the rocket was hurled into space.AlanF_US
  • His thesis summed up the new achievements made in computers, artificial satellites and rockets.eastasiastudent
  • Our calculations show that the rocket is off its course.Swift
  • The astronauts went up to the moon in a rocket.Eldad
  • The rocket put a communications satellite into orbit.trieuho
  • You don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure that out.CK
  • The rocket landed sufficiently gently to avoid breaking its instruments.speedwell

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Forms of rocket

as a noun

plural
rockets

as a verb

past tense
rocketed
present participle
rocketing
third-person singular
rockets
past participle
rocketed