rocket
[verb]
Synonyms: skyrocket, shoot up, soar, hurry, bullet, fly, haste, highball, nip, smoke, whish, whiz, zip

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Related Words: arise, ascend, levitate, mount, surge, tower

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I. rock‧et¹ /ˈrɒkət, ˈrɒkɪt $ ˈrɑː-/ noun
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Italian; Origin: rocchetta 'small stick used in spinning thread', from rocca 'stick used in spinning']

1. [countable] a vehicle used for travelling or carrying things into space, which is shaped like a big tube ⇒ spacecraft:
The rocket was launched from a space research base.
a space rocket

2. [countable] a weapon shaped like a big tube that is fired at things ⇒ missile:
anti-tank rockets

3. [countable] a firework that goes high into the air before exploding into coloured lights

4. [uncountable] British English a plant with green leaves and a strong taste, eaten raw in salads Synonym : arugula American English

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II. rocket² verb [intransitive]

1. (also rocket up) if a price or amount rockets, it increases quickly and suddenly:
Interest rates rocketed up.
rocket (from something) to something
Car sales rocketed from 180 to 2000 a year.

2. [always + adverb/preposition] to move somewhere very fast Synonym : shoot:
The train rocketed through the tunnel.
Larsson’s shot rocketed into the back of the net.

3. [always + adverb/preposition] to achieve a successful position very quickly Synonym : shoot
rocket to
Their new album rocketed to number one in the charts.
Beatty rocketed to stardom after his first film.

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rocket
noun
I. spacecraft
ADJ. space
VERB + ROCKET launch | go/send into orbit
ROCKET + VERB blast off, take off | land
ROCKET + NOUN booster, engine | fuel | scientist (often humorous) You don't have to be a rocket scientist (= very clever) to do this job.

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rocket
II. weapon
ADJ. long-range | anti-aircraft, anti-tank
VERB + ROCKET fire
ROCKET + VERB explode
ROCKET + NOUN attack | launcher

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