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Meaning and definition for "rocket" word
[noun] any vehicle propelled by a rocket engine
[noun] sends a firework display high into the sky
[noun] propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
[noun] erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
[verb] propel with a rocket
[verb] shoot up abruptly
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(a) A cruciferous plant ({Eruca sativa}) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.
(b) Damewort.
(c) Rocket larkspur. See below. {Dyer's Rocket}. (Bot.) See {Dyer's broom}, under {Broom}. {Rocket larkspur} (Bot.), an annual plant with showy flowers in long racemes ({Delphinium Ajacis}). {Sea rocket} (Bot.), either of two fleshy cruciferous plants ({Cakile maritima} and {C. Americana}) found on the seashore of Europe and America. {Yellow rocket} (Bot.), a common cruciferous weed with yellow flowers ({Barbarea vulgaris}).
\Rock"et\, n. [It. rocchetta, fr. rocca a distaff, of German origin. Named from the resemblance in shape to a distaff. See {Rock} a distaff.] 1. An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display. 2. A blunt lance head used in the joust. {Congreve rocket}, a powerful form of rocket for use in war, invented by Sir William Congreve. It may be used either in the field or for bombardment; in the former case, it is armed with shells or case shot; in the latter, with a combustible material inclosed in a metallic case, which is inextinguishable when kindled, and scatters its fire on every side.
\Rock"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rocketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rocketing}.] (Sporting) To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective. [Eng.] An old cock pheasant came rocketing over me. --H. R. Haggard.
Synonyms for rocket
arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa, garden rocket, rocket engine, rocket salad, roquette, skyrocket, skyrocket, skyrocket
See also: arise | booster | booster rocket | booster unit | come up | Eruca | firework | genus Eruca | go up | herb | herbaceous plant | impel | jet engine | lift | missile | move up | multistage rocket | nuclear rocket | propel | pyrotechnics | research rocket | retrorocket | rise | rocket | space rocket | takeoff booster | takeoff rocket | test instrument vehicle | test rocket | thruster | uprise | vehicle | visual signal |
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Let's analyse "rocket" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: TEKCOR. Average typing speed for these characters is 1590 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
rocket: 6 + 5 = 11, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven. |
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