rocket
1. any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
projectile
• Derivationally related forms:
projectile (for: projectile)
• Hypernyms:
vehicle
• Hyponyms:
missile, multistage rocket, step rocket, test rocket, research rocket, test instrument vehicle
• Part Meronyms:
rocket engine
2. a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
rocket engine
• Hypernyms:
jet engine
• Hyponyms:
booster, booster rocket, booster unit, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket,
nuclear rocket, retrorocket, space rocket, thruster
• Part Holonyms:
projectile
3. erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
• Syn:
roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa
• Hypernyms:
herb, herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms:
Eruca, genus Eruca
4. propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
• Syn:
skyrocket
• Derivationally related forms:
skyrocket (for: skyrocket)
• Hypernyms:
visual signal
5. sends a firework display high into the sky
• Syn:
skyrocket
• Derivationally related forms:
skyrocket (for: skyrocket)
• Hypernyms:
firework, pyrotechnic
1. shoot up abruptly, like a rocket
- prices skyrocketed
• Syn:
skyrocket
• Derivationally related forms:
skyrocket (for: skyrocket)
• Hypernyms:
rise, lift, arise, move up, go up,
come up, uprise
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. propel with a rocket
• Derivationally related forms:
rocketry
• Hypernyms:
propel, impel
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
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