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Definition of to rocket in English English dictionary: A rocket propelled firework, a skyrocket; An ace (the playing card); An angry communication (such as a letter or telegram) to a subordinate
While Solborg and Lemaigre were dreaming of revolts, Donovan had learned of Solborg’s insubordination and meddling. He sent him a “rocket” ordering him out of North Africa and back to Lisbon at once. Solborg flew to Lisbon and then on to Washington to face out his problem with Donovan.; The leaf vegetable Eruca vesicaria; A non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine; A rocket engine; To fly vertically; To rise or soar rapidly; To accelerate swiftly and powerfully; A vehicle propelled by a rocket engine; {n} a kind of artificial firework, a plant; shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; "prices skyrocketed"; propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon; A warhead propelled by a rocket engine In military terminology this usually refers to an unguided rocket, whilst a radar, laser, or optically guided device is known as a missile See also missile; To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective; Rocket larkspur; To attack something with rockets; A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad; A rocket is a space vehicle that is shaped like a long tube; vehicle propelled by an engine which makes use of Newtons Third Law of Motion by expelling burned fuel as exhaust at a high rate; non-guided missile; A blunt lance head used in the joust; is a device where a solid or liquid fuel and an oxidizer react in the combustion chamber The high-pressure combustion gases are then expanded in a nozzle The gases leave the rocket at very high velocities, producing the thrust to propel the rocket is a device where a solid or liquid fuel and an oxidizer react in the combustion chamber The high-pressure combustion gases are then expanded in a nozzle The gases leave the rocket at very high velocities, producing the thrust to propel the rocket; If things such as prices or social problems rocket, they increase very quickly and suddenly. Fresh food is so scarce that prices have rocketed The nation has experienced four years of rocketing crime. = soar; erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender; a long, narrow, jet-propelled device or vehicle that is used as a signal or weapon, for fireworks, or to provide the power for spacecraft; This slightly bitter, aromatic salad green has a peppery mustard flavor Look for bright green, fresh-looking leaves Makes a lively addition to salads, soups, and sautéed vegetables Also called "arugula "; 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; a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion any vehicle propelled by a rocket engine propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender propel with a rocket shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; "prices skyrocketed; To carry something in a rocket; {i} missile that contains combustibles and when ignited liberates gases causing a thrust; rocket propelled missile; spaceship; airborne firework; rocket salad, Mediterranean plant with pungent edible green leaves, roquette, arugula (used in salads); A device that fires self-propelled types of ammunition This is usually an unguided missile which produces a thrust derived from the controlled ejection of gases generated by the propellant; Also known as Arugula and Rocquet A cruciferous annual (Eruca sativa) having purple-veined white flowers and acrid leaves, used in Southern Europe as a salad Also, wild rocket, hedge mustard See notes on herbs; Italian spicy and peppery salad (also called Arugula); Damewort; a projectile firework; a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion; A device shaped like a cylinder that moves at high speed, powered by gases that are forced out of one end Considered the oldest form of self-contained propulsion They carry their own oxygen and can go where ther is no air into space They can burn liquid or solid fuel; - a firework that is propelled by an rocket engine into the air, where it releases its effects Rockets are almost never used anymore in public fireworks displays; The rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the composition; propel with a rocket; {f} go up, ascend; soar to the heavens; a green, leafy salad vegetable; A leaf vegetable (Am. Engl. arugula); Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display; A rocket is a missile containing explosive that is powered by gas. There has been a renewed rocket attack on the capital; A rocket is a firework that quickly goes high into the air and then explodes; any vehicle propelled by a rocket engine; If something such as a vehicle rockets somewhere, it moves there very quickly. A train rocketed by, shaking the walls of the row houses. Type of jet-propulsion device that uses either solid or liquid propellants to provide the fuel and oxidizer needed for combustion. The hot gases provided by combustion are ejected in a jet through a nozzle at the rear of the rocket. The term is also commonly applied to any of various vehicles, including fireworks, skyrockets, guided missiles, and launch vehicles for spacecraft, that are driven by such a propulsive device. Typically, thrust (force causing forward motion) is produced by reaction to a rearward expulsion of hot gases at extremely high speed (see Newton's laws of motion). Atlas rocket staged rocket Thor rocket Titan rocket; 1 A projectile, pyrotechnic device, or flying vehicle propelled by a rocket engine; A device propelled by ejection of matter, especially by the high velocity ejection of the gaseous combustion products produced by internal ignition of solid or liquid fuels; A grab in which both legs are straight out in front of you and you reach to grab them; sends a firework display high into the sky; A device shooting out a fast jet of gas, in order to produce a force in the opposite direction See center of gravity, also Newton's laws of motion in Mach's formulation; a peppery, piquant lettuce