Rocket

Noun



 * 1) A rocket engine.
 * 2)  A non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine.
 * 3) A vehicle propelled by a rocket engine.
 * 4) A rocket propelled firework, a skyrocket
 * 5)  An ace (the playing card).
 * 6)  An angry communication (such as a letter or telegram) to a subordinate.
 * 7) * 1980, David Schoenbrun, Soldiers of the Night: The Story of the French Resistance, Dutton, ISBN 9780525206637, 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.

Derived terms

 * chemical rocket
 * hybrid rocket
 * liquid rocket
 * nuclear rocket
 * rocket belt
 * rocket car
 * rocketeer


 * rocket launcher
 * rocket plane
 * rocketry
 * rocket science
 * rocket ship


 * rocket stage
 * skyrocket
 * snot rocket
 * solid rocket
 * space rocket
 * thermal rocket
 * water rocket

Verb

 * 1) To accelerate swiftly and powerfully
 * 2) To fly vertically
 * 3) To rise or soar rapidly
 * 4) To carry something in a rocket
 * 5) To attack something with rockets

Noun



 * 1) The leaf vegetable.

Synonyms

 * arugula
 * rocket salad

Verbs for Rocket
bombard with—s; discharge—; display—; eject—; fire—; fuse—; ignite—; project—; propel—; set off—; signal with—; spark—;touch off—; —bursts; —darts; —endangers; —hurtles; —illumines; — scatter; —showers; —sizzles; —terrifies; —vanishes; — zooms.

Thesaurus
AA target rocket, ABM, ASM, ATS, Asp, Asroc, Atlas, Atlas-Agena, Atlas-Centaur, Bullpup, Cajun, Corporal, Corvus, Crossbow, Dart, Deacon, Delta, Diamant, Dove, Earth insertion, Falcon, Firebee, Genie, Hawk, Holy Moses, Hound Dog, ICBM, Irish confetti, Jupiter, LEM, LM, Lacrosse, Lark, Loki, Loon, Mace, Matador, Navaho, Nike, Nike Ajax, Pershing, Petrel, Polaris, Poseidon, Quail, Ram, Rascal, Redeye, Redstone, Regulus I, Roman candle, SLAM, Saturn, Scout, Sentinel, Sergeant, Shillelagh, Sidewinder, Skybolt, Snark, Spaerobee, Sparrow, Subroc, Super Talos, Talos, Tartar, Terrier, Thor, Thor Able Star, Thor-Agena, Thor-Delta, Tiny Tim, Titan, V-2, Viking, WAC-Corporal, Wagtail, Zuni, aid to navigation, alarm, amber light, anchor rocket, antelope, antiaircraft rocket, antiradar rocket, apogee, arrow, atom-rocket, atomic warhead, attitude-control rocket, balefire, ballistic capsule, barrage rocket, bat bomb, beacon, beacon fire, bell, bell buoy, bird, blinker, blue darter, blue peter, blue streak, bob up, bola, bolt, boomerang, break water, brickbat, buoy, burn, cannonball, capsule, caution light, chemical rocket, climb, countermissile, courser, dart, deep-space ship, demolition rocket, docking, docking maneuver, eagle, electricity, express train, ferry rocket, fin-stabilized rocket, fireworks rocket, flare, flare rocket, flash, float up, fly up, flying tank, fog bell, fog signal, fog whistle, foghorn, fountain, fuel ship, gazelle, glance, go light, gong buoy, greased lightning, green light, greyhound, guided missile, gush, hare, heliograph, high sign, high-altitude rocket, homing rocket, incendiary rocket, injection, insertion, international alphabet flag, international numeral pennant, ion engine, ion rocket, jet, jet plane, jump up, kick, lark, leap up, leer, light, lightning, line-throwing rocket, liquid-fuel rocket, lunar excursion module, lunar module, manned rocket, marker beacon, mercury, missile, module, moon ship, multistage rocket, nod, nuclear warhead, nudge, orbit, parachute flare, parking orbit, payload, perigee, pilot flag, plasma engine, plasma jet, poke, police whistle, pop up, projectile, quarantine flag, quicksilver, radio beacon, ram rocket, red flag, red light, reentry, retro-float light, retro-rocket, rock, rocket engine, rocket motor, rockoon, sailing aid, scared rabbit, semaphore, semaphore flag, semaphore telegraph, shoot up, shot, shuttle rocket, sign, signal, signal beacon, signal bell, signal fire, signal flag, signal gong, signal gun, signal lamp, signal light, signal mast, signal post, signal rocket, signal shot, signal siren, signal tower, skylark, skyrocket, smoke rocket, snake, soar, soft landing, solid-fuel rocket, space capsule, space docking, space rocket, spacecraft, spaceship, spar buoy, spin-stabilized rocket, spinner, spring up, spurt, start up, stone, stop light, streak, streak of lightning, striped snake, supersonic rocket, surface, swallow, take off, the nod, the wink, thermonuclear warhead, thought, throw stick, throwing-stick, thunderbolt, torpedo, torrent, touch, traffic light, traffic signal, trajectory missile, transoceanic rocket, upleap, upshoot, upspear, upspring, upstart, vault up, vernier, vernier rocket, waddy, war rocket, warhead, watch fire, white flag, wigwag, wigwag flag, wind, window rocket, wink, yellow flag, zoom

Etymology 1
rocchetta:, diminutive of rocca:.

Etymology 2
roquette:, ruchetta:, diminutive of ruca:,  eruca:. Cognate to arugula:.

Noun

 * Chinese: 火箭引擎, huǒjiànyǐnqíng
 * Czech:
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 * Hebrew:
 * Italian: motore a razzo
 * Macedonian:


 * Norwegian: rakett
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: foguete
 * Slovene: raketa
 * Spanish: motor de cohete
 * Swedish: raketmotor
 * Turkish: ,
 * Volapük: raket


 * Arabic:, قذيفة
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 * Korean: 로켓트


 * Latin: rucheta
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese:
 * Norwegian: rakett
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: raketa
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Afrikaans: vuurpyl
 * Arabic:
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 * Korean: 로켓트
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese:
 * Norwegian: rakett
 * Polish:
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 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: raketa
 * Spanish:
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 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: rốc két


 * Chinese: 火箭, huǒjiàn
 * Finnish:
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 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian: rakett
 * Polish:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * : cohete

Verb

 * Finnish:

Noun

 * Ancient Greek:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: rucola, sennepskål
 * Dutch: raketsla, rucola
 * French:
 * German: Rucola, Rukola
 * Greek: ρόκα


 * Italian: ,
 * Slovene: rukola
 * Spanish: roqueta,, , rúcula
 * Swedish: rucola, senapskål
 * Slovene: rukola
 * Spanish: roqueta,, , rúcula
 * Swedish: rucola, senapskål
 * Swedish: rucola, senapskål