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Noun
S:
(n)
rocket
,
projectile
(any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine)
S:
(n)
rocket
,
rocket engine
(a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion)
S:
(n)
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)
S:
(n)
rocket
,
skyrocket
(propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon)
S:
(n)
skyrocket
,
rocket
(sends a firework display high into the sky)
Verb
S:
(v)
rocket
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skyrocket
(shoot up abruptly, like a rocket)
"prices skyrocketed"
S:
(v)
rocket
(propel with a rocket)