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1. (noun) rocket, projectile
any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

2. (noun) rocket, rocket engine
a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion

3. (noun) rocket, roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa
erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender

4. (noun) rocket, skyrocket
propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon

5. (verb) skyrocket, rocket
sends a firework display high into the sky

6. (verb) rocket, skyrocket
shoot up abruptly, like a rocket
"prices skyrocketed"

7. (verb) rocket
propel with a rocket

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