rocket

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹɒkɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɒkɪt

Etymology 1

Italian rocchetta, diminutive of rocca.

Noun

A rocket (vehicle propelled by a rocket engine).

rocket (plural rockets)

1. A rocket engine.
2. (military) A non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine.
3. A vehicle propelled by a rocket engine.
4. A rocket propelled firework, a skyrocket
5. (slang) An ace (the playing card).
6. (military slang) An angry communication (such as a letter or telegram) to a subordinate.
   • 1980, David Schoenbrun, Soldiers of the Night: The Story of the French Resistance,^[1] Dutton, ISBN 9780525206637, page 203,

     While [Colonel Robert] Solborg and [Jacques] Lemaigre[-Dubreuil] were dreaming of revolts, [William Joseph “Wild Bill”] 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.

Derived terms

Derived terms

chemical rocket hybrid rocket liquid rocket nuclear rocket rocket belt rocket car rocketeer

rocket launcher rocket plane rocketry rocket science rocket ship

rocket stage skyrocket snot rocket solid rocket space rocket thermal rocket water rocket

See also

• ICBM

Translations

a rocket engine

Chinese: 火箭引擎, huǒjiànyǐnqíng Czech: raketa (cs) f. French: fusée (fr) f. Georgian: რაკეტა (ka) (raket'a) German: Rakete (de) f. Hebrew: מנוע (he) (manoa) f. Italian: motore a razzo (it) m. Luxembourgish: Rakéit (lb) f. Macedonian: ракета (mk) (rakéta) f.

Norwegian: rakett (no) m. Polish: rakieta (pl) Portuguese: foguete (pt) Slovene: raketa (sl) f. Spanish: motor de cohete (es) m. Swedish: raketmotor (sv) c. Tagalog: kuwitis (tl) Turkish: roket (tr), füze (tr) Volapük: raket (vo)

non-guided missile

Arabic: صاروخ (ar) (Saruukh) m., قذيفة (ar) (qadhiifa) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 火箭 (cmn) (huǒjiàn) Dutch: raket (nl) Finnish: raketti (fi) French: fusée (fr) f. Georgian: რაკეტა (ka) (raket'a) German: Rakete (de) f. Hebrew: רקטה (he) (raketa) m. Italian: razzo (it) m. Japanese: ロケット (ja) (roketto) Korean: 로켓트 (ko) (roketteu) Latin: rucheta (la) f.

Luxembourgish: Rakéit (lb) f. Macedonian: ракета (mk) (rakéta) f. Maltese: rokit (mt) Norwegian: rakett (no) m. Polish: rakieta (pl) Portuguese: foguete (pt) m. Romanian: racheta (ro) f. Russian: ракета (ru) (rakéta) f. Slovene: raketa (sl) f. Spanish: cohete (es) m. Swedish: raket (sv) Turkish: roket (tr), füze (tr)

a vehicle

Afrikaans: vuurpyl (af) Arabic: صاروخ (ar) (Saruukh) m. Catalan: coet (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 火箭 (cmn) (huǒjiàn) Czech: raketa (cs) f. Dutch: raket (nl) Finnish: raketti (fi) French: fusée (fr) f. Georgian: რაკეტა (ka) (raket'a) German: Rakete (de) f. Hebrew: טיל m. Italian: razzo (it) m. Japanese: ロケット (ja) (roketto)

Korean: 로켓트 (ko) (roketteu) Luxembourgish: Rakéit (lb) f. Macedonian: ракета (mk) (rakéta) f. Malay: roket (ms) Maltese: rokit (mt) Norwegian: rakett (no) m. Polish: rakieta (pl) Portuguese: foguete (pt) m. Romanian: racheta (ro) f. Russian: ракета (ru) (rakéta) f. Slovene: raketa (sl) f. Spanish: cohete (es) m. Swedish: raket (sv) Turkish: roket (tr) Vietnamese: rốc két (vi)

a projectile firework

Catalan: coet (ca) m. Chinese: 火箭, huǒjiàn Finnish: raketti (fi) Georgian: რაკეტა (ka) (raket'a) German: Rakete (de) f. Italian: razzo (it) m.

Luxembourgish: Rakéit (lb) f. Macedonian: ракетка (mk) (rakétka) f. Norwegian: rakett (no) m. Polish: rakieta (pl) Spanish: cohete (es) Swedish: raket (sv) c.

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• Spanish: cohete m.

References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
• “rocket” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

Verb

rocket (third-person singular simple present rockets, present participle rocketing, simple past and past participle rocketed)

1. To accelerate swiftly and powerfully
2. To fly vertically
3. To rise or soar rapidly
4. To carry something in a rocket
5. To attack something with rockets

Translations

To accelerate

Finnish: syöksyä (fi)

To fly

To rise or soar

To carry

To attack

Etymology 2

French roquette, Italian ruchetta, diminutive of ruca, Latin eruca. Cognate to arugula.

Wikipedia

Noun

rocket (uncountable)

1. The leaf vegetable Eruca vesicaria.

Synonyms

• (US) arugula
• rocket salad

Translations

arugula

Ancient Greek: εὔζωμον (euzōmon) n. Catalan: ruca (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 芝麻菜 (zhīmácài) Danish: rucola (da) c., sennepskål (da) c. Dutch: raketsla (nl) f., rucola (nl) m. and f. French: roquette (fr) f. German: Rucola (de) f., Rukola (de) Greek: ρόκα (el) f.

Icelandic: klettasalat (is), rukola (is) Italian: ruchetta (it), rucola (it) f. Latin: please add this translation if you can Occitan: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: rúcula (pt) Romanian: please add this translation if you can Slovene: rukola (sl) f. Spanish: roqueta (es) f., oruga (es) f., ruca (es) f., rúcula (es) f. Swedish: rucola (sv) c., senapskål (sv) c.