"rocket" in the noun sense

1. rocket, projectile

any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

2. rocket, rocket engine

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

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

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

4. rocket, skyrocket

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

5. skyrocket, rocket

sends a firework display high into the sky

"rocket" in the verb sense

1. rocket, skyrocket

shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

"prices skyrocketed"

2. rocket

propel with a rocket

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