'Rocket' definitions:
Definition of 'rocket'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine [syn: rocket, projectile]
noun
A jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion [syn: rocket, rocket engine]
noun
Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender [syn: rocket, roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa]
noun
Propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon [syn: rocket, skyrocket]
noun
Sends a firework display high into the sky [syn: skyrocket, rocket]
verb
Shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; "prices skyrocketed" [syn: rocket, skyrocket]
verb
Propel with a rocket
Definition of 'Rocket'
From: GCIDE
- Rocket \Rock"et\, n. [F. roquette (cf. Sp. ruqueta, It ruchetta), fr. L. eruca.] (Bot.) (a) A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad. (b) Damewort. (c) Rocket larkspur. See below. [1913 Webster]
- Dyer's Rocket. (Bot.) See Dyer's broom, under Broom.
- Rocket larkspur (Bot.), an annual plant with showy flowers in long racemes (Delphinium Ajacis).
- Sea rocket (Bot.), either of two fleshy cruciferous plants (Cakile maritima and Cakile Americana) found on the seashore of Europe and America.
- Yellow rocket (Bot.), a common cruciferous weed with yellow flowers (Barbarea vulgaris). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rocket'
From: GCIDE
- Rocket \Rock"et\, n. [It. rocchetta, fr. rocca a distaff, of German origin. Named from the resemblance in shape to a distaff. See Rock a distaff.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A blunt lance head used in the joust. [1913 Webster]
- 3. any flying device propelled by the reactive force of hot gases expelled in the direction opposite its motion. The fuel used to generate the expelled gases in rockets may be solid or liquid; rockets propelled by liquid fuels typically have a combustible fuel (such as hydrogen or kerosene) which is combined inside the rocket engine with an oxidizer, such as liquid oxygen. Single liquid fuels (called monopropellants) are also known. Since rocket engines do not depend on a surrounding fluid medium to generate their thrust, as do airplanes with propellers or jet engines, they may be used for propulsion in the vacuum of space. [PJC]
- Congreve rocket, a powerful form of rocket for use in war, invented by Sir William Congreve. It may be used either in the field or for bombardment; in the former case, it is armed with shells or case shot; in the latter, with a combustible material inclosed in a metallic case, which is inextinguishable when kindled, and scatters its fire on every side. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rocket'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'rocket'
From: GCIDE
- Damewort \Dame"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A cruciferrous plant (Hesperis matronalis), remarkable for its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; -- called also rocket and dame's violet. --Loudon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rocket'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- AA target rocket,
- ABM,
- aid to navigation,
- alarm,
- amber light,
- anchor rocket,
- antelope,
- antiaircraft rocket,
- antiradar rocket,
- apogee,
- arrow,
- ASM,
- Asp,
- Asroc,
- Atlas,
- Atlas-Agena,
- Atlas-Centaur,
- atom-rocket,
- atomic warhead,
- ATS,
- attitude-control rocket,
- balefire,
- ballistic capsule,
- barrage rocket,
- bat bomb,
- beacon,
- beacon fire,
- bell,
- bell buoy,
- bird,
- blinker,
- blue darter,
- blue peter,
- blue streak,
- bob up,
- bola,
- bolt,
- boomerang,
- break water,
- brickbat,
- Bullpup,
- buoy,
- burn,
- Cajun,
- cannonball,
- capsule,
- caution light,
- chemical rocket,
- climb,
- Corporal,
- Corvus,
- countermissile,
- courser,
- Crossbow,
- Dart,
- dart,
- Deacon,
- deep-space ship,
- Delta,
- demolition rocket,
- Diamant,
- docking,
- docking maneuver,
- Dove,
- eagle,
- Earth insertion,
- electricity,
- express train,
- Falcon,
- ferry rocket,
- fin-stabilized rocket,
- Firebee,
- fireworks rocket,
- flare,
- flare rocket,
- flash,
- float up,
- fly up,
- flying tank,
- fog bell,
- fog signal,
- fog whistle,
- foghorn,
- fountain,
- fuel ship,
- gazelle,
- Genie,
- glance,
- go light,
- gong buoy,
- greased lightning,
- green light,
- greyhound,
- guided missile,
- gush,
- hare,
- Hawk,
- heliograph,
- high sign,
- high-altitude rocket,
- Holy Moses,
- homing rocket,
- Hound Dog,
- ICBM,
- incendiary rocket,
- injection,
- insertion,
- international alphabet flag,
- international numeral pennant,
- ion engine,
- ion rocket,
- Irish confetti,
- jet,
- jet plane,
- jump up,
- Jupiter,
- kick,
- Lacrosse,
- lark,
- Lark,
- leap up,
- leer,
- LEM,
- light,
- lightning,
- line-throwing rocket,
- liquid-fuel rocket,
- LM,
- Loki,
- Loon,
- lunar excursion module,
- lunar module,
- Mace,
- manned rocket,
- marker beacon,
- Matador,
- mercury,
- missile,
- module,
- moon ship,
- multistage rocket,
- Navaho,
- Nike,
- Nike Ajax,
- nod,
- nuclear warhead,
- nudge,
- orbit,
- parachute flare,
- parking orbit,
- payload,
- perigee,
- Pershing,
- Petrel,
- pilot flag,
- plasma engine,
- plasma jet,
- poke,
- Polaris,
- police whistle,
- pop up,
- Poseidon,
- projectile,
- Quail,
- quarantine flag,
- quicksilver,
- radio beacon,
- Ram,
- ram rocket,
- Rascal,
- red flag,
- red light,
- Redeye,
- Redstone,
- reentry,
- Regulus I,
- retro-float light,
- retro-rocket,
- rock,
- rocket engine,
- rocket motor,
- rockoon,
- Roman candle,
- sailing aid,
- Saturn,
- scared rabbit,
- Scout,
- semaphore,
- semaphore flag,
- semaphore telegraph,
- Sentinel,
- Sergeant,
- Shillelagh,
- shoot up,
- shot,
- shuttle rocket,
- Sidewinder,
- sign,
- signal,
- signal beacon,
- signal bell,
- signal fire,
- signal flag,
- signal gong,
- signal gun,
- signal lamp,
- signal light,
- signal mast,
- signal post,
- signal rocket,
- signal shot,
- signal siren,
- signal tower,
- Skybolt,
- skylark,
- skyrocket,
- SLAM,
- smoke rocket,
- snake,
- Snark,
- soar,
- soft landing,
- solid-fuel rocket,
- space capsule,
- space docking,
- space rocket,
- spacecraft,
- spaceship,
- Spaerobee,
- spar buoy,
- Sparrow,
- spin-stabilized rocket,
- spinner,
- spring up,
- spurt,
- start up,
- stone,
- stop light,
- streak,
- streak of lightning,
- striped snake,
- Subroc,
- Super Talos,
- supersonic rocket,
- surface,
- swallow,
- take off,
- Talos,
- Tartar,
- Terrier,
- the nod,
- the wink,
- thermonuclear warhead,
- Thor,
- Thor Able Star,
- Thor-Agena,
- Thor-Delta,
- thought,
- throw stick,
- throwing-stick,
- thunderbolt,
- Tiny Tim,
- Titan,
- torpedo,
- torrent,
- touch,
- traffic light,
- traffic signal,
- trajectory missile,
- transoceanic rocket,
- upleap,
- upshoot,
- upspear,
- upspring,
- upstart,
- V-2,
- vault up,
- vernier,
- vernier rocket,
- Viking,
- WAC-Corporal,
- waddy,
- Wagtail,
- war rocket,
- warhead,
- watch fire,
- white flag,
- wigwag,
- wigwag flag,
- wind,
- window rocket,
- wink,
- yellow flag,
- zoom,
- Zuni
Words containing 'Rocket'
- Rocketed,
- Rocketer,
- Rocketing,
- Congreve rocket,
- Dyer's Rocket,
- Life rocket,
- London rocket,
- Rocket larkspur,
- Rocket scientist,
- Sea rocket,
- Water rocket,
- Yellow rocket,
- booster rocket,
- garden rocket,
- multistage rocket,
- nuclear rocket,
- prairie rocket,
- research rocket,
- retro rocket,
- rocket base,
- rocket cress,
- rocket engine,
- rocket engineer,
- rocket firing,
- rocket fuel,
- rocket launcher,
- rocket launching,
- rocket power,
- rocket propellant,
- rocket propellent,
- rocket propulsion,
- rocket range,
- rocket salad,
- sounding rocket,
- space rocket,
- step rocket,
- sweet rocket,
- takeoff rocket,
- test rocket,
- wall rocket,
- white rocket,
- rocket-propelled,
- sea-rocket,
- anti-submarine rocket,
- tansy-leaved rocket