EGAVE

rocket

About 4.45 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A projectile. A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light and colour; a skyrocket. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller} A blunt lance head used in jousting. A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft. An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine.
  2. noun A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light and colour; a skyrocket. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  3. noun A blunt lance head used in jousting.
  4. noun A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft.
  5. noun An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine.
  6. noun Figurative uses. Something that travels high in the air or with great speed; especially , a hard shot. A severe reprimand; a telling-off. An ace (the playing card). A stupid or crazy person. A very physically attractive woman.
  7. noun Something that travels high in the air or with great speed; especially , a hard shot.
  8. noun A severe reprimand; a telling-off.

Similar words

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Often followed by

and engine motor engines is launchers to was launcher

Word family

rocketed rocketing rockets

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