What does rocket mean?

Definitions for rocket
ˈrɒk ɪtrock·et

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. rocket, projectilenoun

    any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

  2. rocket, rocket enginenoun

    a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion

  3. rocket, roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativanoun

    erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender

  4. rocket, skyrocketnoun

    propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon

  5. skyrocket, rocketverb

    sends a firework display high into the sky

  6. rocket, skyrocketverb

    shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

    "prices skyrocketed"

  7. rocketverb

    propel with a rocket

GCIDE

  1. Rocketnoun

    any flying device propelled by the reactive force of hot gases expelled in the direction opposite its motion. The fuel used to generate the expelled gases in rockets may be solid or liquid; rockets propelled by liquid fuels typically have a combustible fuel (such as hydrogen or kerosene) which is combined inside the rocket engine with an oxidizer, such as liquid oxygen. Single liquid fuels (called monopropellants) are also known. Since rocket engines do not depend on a surrounding fluid medium to generate their thrust, as do airplanes with propellers or jet engines, they may be used for propulsion in the vacuum of space.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

Wikipedia

  1. Rocket

    Rocket is a song by American recording artist Beyoncé from her fifth studio album, Beyoncé (2013). It was written by Miguel, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon and Beyoncé with the group of the latter three people also serving as its producers. Miguel initially conceived the song inspired by Beyoncé, trying to showcase her confidence and sexuality. Beyoncé revealed that "Rocket" was inspired by D'Angelo's "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" (2000) and felt it was one of her liberating songs meant to illustrate different sides of her personality. "Rocket" is a slowtempo soul, funk and R&B ballad which was frequently compared to the music of D'Angelo and Prince. It features explicit and metaphorical lyrics discussing frank female sexuality, a prominent theme present on Beyoncé. Lyrically, it sees Beyoncé addressing a male partner through sexual innuendos, adopting soft and sensual vocals. A music video for the song was directed by Beyoncé, Ed Burke and Bill Kirstein and released through Beyoncé itself on December 13, 2013. It was shot at The Standard, High Line hotel, New York City in black-and-white using a slow motion technique and features various shots of the singer, who appears dressed in lingerie for most of the time. Many critics considered it to be one of the most erotic clips on the entire album and praised its filming technique. At the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, Beyoncé performed "Rocket" during a medley consisting of songs from her fifth studio album. It was also a part of the setlist during The Formation World Tour (2016).

ChatGPT

  1. rocket

    A rocket is a vehicle or device propelled by the expulsion of exhaust gases produced by the combustion of fuel within a rocket engine. It is designed to generate high thrust and accelerate through the atmosphere or outer space. Rockets are commonly used for space exploration, satellite deployment, and launching payloads into orbit.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rocketnoun

    a cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad

  2. Rocketnoun

    damewort

  3. Rocketnoun

    rocket larkspur. See below

  4. Rocketnoun

    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

  5. Rocketnoun

    a blunt lance head used in the joust

  6. Rocketverb

    to rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective

  7. Etymology: [It. rocchetta, fr. rocca a distaff, of German origin. Named from the resemblance in shape to a distaff. See Rock a distaff.]

Wikidata

  1. Rocket

    A rocket is a self-propelled, unguided weapon system powered by a rocket motor.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Rocket

    rok′et, n. a firework which is projected through the air, used for making signals in war, and for saving life at sea by conveying a line over a stranded vessel.—v.i. to fly straight up rapidly when flushed.—ns. Rock′et-case, a case for holding the materials of a rocket; Rock′eter. [Old It. rocchetto; of Teut. origin. Cf. Rock, a distaff.]

  2. Rocket

    rok′et, n. any one of several ornamental Old World herbs of the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family. [O. Fr. roquette—L. eruca, cole-wort.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. rocket

    The well-known pyrotechnical preparation, but modified to suit various purposes. A cylindrical case charged with a fiercely burning composition, the gases of which, rushing out from the after-end against the resisting atmosphere, propel the whole forward at a rate continually increasing, until the composition be expended. It is generally kept in balance by a long light stick or tail attached. The case is made of metal or paper, and variously headed to the amount of 32 lbs. if its purpose be war (see CONGREVE-ROCKETS); life-saving (by conveying a line over a stranded vessel); even the killing of whales, when reduced to 1, 2, or 3 lbs.; or, lastly, signals, for which it is fired straight upwards.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. rocket

    A rocket is a projectile which is set in motion by a force residing within itself; it therefore performs the twofold function of piece and projectile. See Pyrotechny.

Rap Dictionary

  1. rocketnoun

    A joint (see marijuana).

  2. rocketnoun

    To blast off into a high when smoking a joint.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rocket in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rocket in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of rocket in a Sentence

  1. Dwight D Eisenhower:

    Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. . .  This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.

  2. Oleksandr Usyk:

    The bombing around is crazy, they just bombed the city of Mariupol, one of my friends got a rocket in his roof. [ The Russians ] are not playing games.

  3. Jeffrey Lewis:

    The location of the launch, the thick, smoky appearance of the exhaust and the fact that there is only one rocket trail all suggest this was the short-range ballistic missile that North Korea showed in North Korea propaganda.

  4. Trey Taylor:

    Solar and wind are above ground. It's easy to work with stuff that you can see, we're underwater, and it's probably easier to get a rocket to the moon than to get these to work underwater.

  5. Donald Trump:

    I used to watch it, it'd be like a rocket ship when I put out a beauty.

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