Definitions for rocket
rocket
rock·et
Spelling: [rok-it]
IPA: /ˈrɒk ɪt/
Rocket is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 100 anagrams from letters in rocket (cekort).
Definitions for rocket
noun
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any of various simple or complex tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, carrying a lifeline, hurling explosives at an enemy, putting a space vehicle into orbit, etc.
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a space capsule or vehicle put into orbit by such devices.
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rocket engine.
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any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera.
Compare dame's rocket.
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Also called rocket salad, roquette. the arugula plant, used in salads.
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a noxious weed, Barbarea vulgaris, of the U.S., having lobed leaves and clusters of small, yellow flowers.
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Maurice [maw-rees;; French moh-rees] /mɔˈris;; French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), ("Rocket") 1921–2000, Canadian hockey player.
verb (used with object)
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to move or transport by means of a rocket.
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to attack with rockets.
verb (used without object)
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to move like a rocket.
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(of game birds) to fly straight up rapidly when flushed.
Origin of rocket
1605-15; Italian rocchetta, diminutive of rocca distaff (with reference to its shape) Gothic *rukka
Examples for rocket
It had, then, last been used to enter the rocket, not to leave it.
Think of our world as it looks from the rocket that is heading toward Mars.
And he must take her in, now that he had lost his own rocket!
That would require the rocket to run for 55 to 60 seconds without a glitch.
That must be it—I was piloting a rocket and cracked up somewhere on Mars.
Suppose we could put a rocket on the Moon and bring it back?
It is adopting technology—in rocket propulsion, composite construction, and aerodynamic refinements—already in use elsewhere.
The questions going through my mind are: How on earth are there Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers in the heart of Paris?
Her brothers formed a group to rescue people after a rocket attack.
These people that work for the BOP are not rocket scientists.