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▸ noun: A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, (specifically) a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light and colour; a skyrocket.
▸ noun: A blunt lance head used in jousting.
▸ noun: A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft.
▸ noun: An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine.
▸ noun: (figurative) Figurative uses.
▸ noun: Something that travels high in the air and/or with great speed; especially (sport), a hard shot.
▸ noun: (UK slang, originally military) A severe reprimand; a telling-off.
▸ noun: (slang) An ace (the playing card).
▸ noun: (Scotland, slang) A stupid or crazy person.
▸ noun: (South East England, slang) A very physically attractive woman.
▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive) To accelerate swiftly and powerfully.
▸ verb: To fly vertically.
▸ verb: To rise or soar rapidly.
▸ verb: To experience sudden fame, popularity, or success.
▸ verb: To carry something in a rocket.
▸ verb: To attack something with rockets.
▸ noun: The leaf vegetable Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
▸ noun: Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis, syn. Delphinium consolida).
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skyrocket,
rocket engine,
rocket salad,
roquette,
arugula,
eruca sativa,
eruca vesicaria sativa,
garden rocket,
rocket ship,
shot,
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