'Rocketed' definitions:

Definition of 'Rocketed'

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  • Rocket \Rock"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rocketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Rocketing.] (Sporting) To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • An old cock pheasant came rocketing over me. --H. R. Haggard. [1913 Webster]