rocket
noun
- arugula
noun
- vehicle powered by expelled propellant
- weapon using a rocket engine
- pyrotechnic firework that propels itself into the air in order to fly
verb
- self-propel with a rocket engine
- move very fast
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒk.ɪt/ / /ˈɹɑk.ɪt/ / /ˈɹɑ.kət/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French roquette, from Italian ruchetta, diminutive of ruca, from Latin eruca. Cognate to arugula, rucola, eruca, roquette.
- A leaf vegetable of species Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
- Any plant of the genus Eruca.
“And avoid certain aphrodisiac foods, such as onions and rockets.”
- Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis, syn. Delphinium consolida).
verb
Etymology: From Italian rocchetta, from Old Italian rocchetto (“rocket”, literally “a bobbin”), diminutive of rocca (“a distaff”), from Lombardic rocko (“spinning wheel”), from Proto-West Germanic *rokkō, from Proto-Germanic *rukkô (“a distaff, a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it, used in spinning thread”). Cognate with Old High German rocco, rocko, roccho, rocho ("a distaff"; > German Rocken (“a distaff”)), Swedish rock (“a distaff”), Icelandic rokkur (“a distaff”), Middle English rocke (“a distaff”). More at rock⁴. For the meaning development, compare fuselage, ultimately from Latin fūsus (“spindle, spinning wheel”).
- To accelerate swiftly and powerfully.
“With Free Guy, Reynolds gets just a little more in touch with his Carrey side via nothing less than his own version of The Truman Show, shorn of its daydream dread and rocketed into the age of Fortnite.”
- To fly vertically.
- To rise or soar rapidly.
“The project was attractive because of the ability to maximise the use of existing and decommissioned railways, minimise land take, and decrease the amount of disruption during the project. With London land prices rocketing, there was also a significant financial incentive.”
“The cost of food in the UK had rocketed by 25% since 2019, the researchers calculated, but if the post-Brexit trade restrictions were not in place then this increase would be only 17% – nearly a third lower.”
- To experience sudden fame, popularity, or success.
“After spending years in obscurity, the band finally rocketed last week.”
- To carry something in a rocket.
- To attack something with rockets.