rocket

rocket
[[t]rɒ̱kɪt[/t]]
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rockets, rocketing, rocketed
1) N-COUNT A rocket is a space vehicle that is shaped like a long tube.
Syn:
2) N-COUNT: oft N n A rocket is a missile containing explosive that is powered by gas.

There has been a renewed rocket attack on the capital.

3) N-COUNT A rocket is a firework that quickly goes high into the air and then explodes.
4) VERB If things such as prices or social problems rocket, they increase very quickly and suddenly. [JOURNALISM]

Fresh food is so scarce that prices have rocketed...

[V-ing] The nation has experienced four years of recession, rocketing crime and escalating social injustice.

Syn:
5) VERB If something such as a vehicle rockets somewhere, it moves there very quickly.

[V prep/adv] A train rocketed by, shaking the walls of the row houses...

[V prep/adv] Dublin has rocketed up the charts to become one of Europe's most popular tourist destinations for city breaks.


English dictionary. 2008.

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