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rocket
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???k?t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???k?t/
- Rhymes: -?k?t
Etymology 1
From Italian rocchetta, from Old Italian rochetto (“rocket”, literally “a bobbin”), diminutive of rocca (“a distaff”), from Lombardic rocko, rukka (“spinning wheel”), from Proto-Germanic *rukkô (“a distaff, a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it, used in spinning thread”). Cognate with Old High German rocco, rocko, roccho, rocho ("a distaff"; > German Rocken (“a distaff”)), Swedish rock (“a distaff”), Icelandic rokkur (“a distaff”), Middle English rocke (“a distaff”). More at rock?.
Noun
rocket (plural rockets)
- A rocket engine.
- (military) A non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine.
- A vehicle propelled by a rocket engine.
- A rocket propelled firework, a skyrocket
- (slang) An ace (the playing card).
- (military slang) An angry communication (such as a letter or telegram) to a subordinate.
- 1980, David Schoenbrun, Soldiers of the Night: The Story of the French Resistance,[1] Dutton, ?ISBN, page 203,
- While [Colonel Robert] Solborg and [Jacques] Lemaigre[-Dubreuil] were dreaming of revolts, [William Joseph “Wild Bill”] Donovan had learned of Solborg’s insubordination and meddling. He sent him a “rocket” ordering him out of North Africa and back to Lisbon at once. Solborg flew to Lisbon and then on to Washington to face out his problem with Donovan.
- 1980, David Schoenbrun, Soldiers of the Night: The Story of the French Resistance,[1] Dutton, ?ISBN, page 203,
- A blunt lance head used in jousting.
- (figuratively) Something that shoots high in the air.
- (Scotland, slang) A stupid or crazy person.
- 2014, Alistair Beaton, Rob Drummond, Morna Pearson, Contemporary Scottish Plays
- Why were the Luddites named efter Ned Ludd? A wee rocket. A wee fucken fairy bampot. A pure hooligan, smashing stuff up. A ned. Ned Ludd.
- 2014, Alistair Beaton, Rob Drummond, Morna Pearson, Contemporary Scottish Plays
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- ICBM
References
- Watkins, Calvert (2000). The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots 2nd edn., p. 72, s.v. ruk-. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, ?ISBN.
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000). The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN.
- “rocket” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Verb
rocket (third-person singular simple present rockets, present participle rocketing, simple past and past participle rocketed)
- To accelerate swiftly and powerfully
- To fly vertically
- To rise or soar rapidly
- To carry something in a rocket
- To attack something with rockets
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French roquette, from Italian ruchetta, diminutive of ruca, from Latin eruca. Cognate to arugula.
Noun
rocket (uncountable)
- The leaf vegetable Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
- rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis)
Synonyms
- (US) arugula
- rocket salad
Derived terms
- wild rocket, perennial wall rocket, sand rocket, white rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia)
- London rocket (Sisymbrium irio)
- dame's rocket, sweet rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
- blue rocket (Aconitum)
- dyer's rocket, bastard rocket (Reseda)
- yellowrocket, rocketcress, winter rocket, wound rocket (Barbarea vulgaris)
Translations
rocket From the web:
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- what rocket league season is it
- what rocket took perseverance to mars
- what rocket went to the moon
- what rocket exploded
- what rocket ship blew up
- what rocket launched today
- what rocket launched sputnik
blastoff
English
Etymology
blast +? off
Noun
blastoff (plural blastoffs)
- The countdown and launch of a rocket, missile or spacecraft
Related terms
- blast off (verb)
Translations
blastoff From the web:
- what blast off means
- what does blast off mean
- blast off in french
- blast off time
- what time is blast off today
- what rhymes with blast off
- blast off or blast-off
- blast off slang