Rocket
['rɒkɪt] or ['rɑkɪt]
Definition
(noun.) a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion.
(noun.) any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine.
(noun.) propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon.
(noun.) erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender.
(verb.) propel with a rocket.
(verb.) shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; 'prices skyrocketed'.
Typist: Merritt--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.
(n.) Damewort.
(n.) Rocket larkspur. See below.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A blunt lance head used in the joust.
(v. i.) To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective.
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Definition
n. any one of several ornamental Old World herbs of the genus Hesperis of the mustard family.
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.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see a rocket ascending in your dream, foretells sudden and unexpected elevation, successful wooing, and faithful keeping of the marriage vows. To see them falling, unhappy unions may be expected.
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Examples
- I say, Dob, I feel just as I did on the morning I went out with Rocket at Quebec. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- These engines weigh as much as 31 tons, which is seven times more than the weight of the Rocket. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Stephenson and Henry Booth built the Rocket, and, as this was the only engine that fulfilled all the conditions, took the prize. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Three other engines competed with the Rocket, two of which had attained great speed on previous trials. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The Rocket weighed 41 tons; the tender, with water and coke, 3 tons 4 cwt. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Well, they are safe so far, said the Demarch thankfully; but, by Jupiter, Maurice, those rascals have heard the rocket go! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- When I think of this _deggerredation_, I feel that I can bear even my flat nose and purple gown with yellow sky-rockets on it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- From China the knowledge of them spread to India, and in both these lands rockets were used as missiles of war as early as the ninth century. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The Story in Firecrackers and Sky-Rockets[9] Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There was much shelling and many rockets in the rain and machine-gun and rifle fire all along the line. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- In time, rockets, squibs and torpedoes were included in the consignment, but it was not until the middle of the nineteenth century that their use became general in America. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The next morning we were at the mouth of the cave at an early hour, provided with guides, candles and rockets. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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