skyrocket

English

Etymology

sky +‎ rocket

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈskaɪˌɹɒk.ɪt/, SAMPA: /"skAI%rQk.It/

Noun

skyrocket (plural skyrockets)

Wikipedia

1. a type of firework that uses a solid rocket motor to rise quickly into the sky where it emits a variety of effects such as stars, bangs, crackles, etc.
2. (by extension) a rebuke, a scolding.
3. (rhyming slang) pocket.

Translations

Firework using solid rocket motor and emitting various effects

French: fusée d'artifice (fr) f. Icelandic: eldflaug (is) f., raketta (is) f.

Italian: razzo (it) m.

a rebuke, a scolding

French: volée de bois vert (fr) f., (colloquial) Scud (fr) m.

(rhyming slang) pocket

Verb

skyrocket (third-person singular simple present skyrockets, present participle skyrocketing, simple past and past participle skyrocketed)

1. To increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.

   The shortage caused prices to skyrocket.

Antonyms

• plummet

Translations

to increase suddenly and extremely

Czech: vyletět nahoru (cs) Finnish: nousta pilviin (figuratively)

French: grimper en flèche (fr), monter en flèche (fr), exploser (fr) Serbo-Croatian: odletjeti u nebesa (sh) (figuratively)