rocket
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑkɪt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒkɪt/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒkɪt
Etymology 1[edit]
From Italian rocchetta, from Old Italian rochetto (“rocket”, literally “a bobbin”), diminutive of rocca (“a distaff”), from Lombardic rocko, rukka (“spinning wheel”), from Proto-Germanic *rukkô (“a distaff, a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it, used in spinning thread”). Cognate with Old High German rocco, rocko, roccho, rocho ("a distaff"; > German Rocken (“a distaff”)), Swedish rock (“a distaff”), Icelandic rokkur (“a distaff”), Middle English rocke (“a distaff”). More at rock⁴.
Noun[edit]
rocket (plural rockets)
- A rocket engine.
- (military) A non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine.
- A vehicle propelled by a rocket engine.
- A rocket propelled firework, a skyrocket
- (slang) An ace (the playing card).
- (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.
- 1980, David Schoenbrun, Soldiers of the Night: The Story of the French Resistance,[1] Dutton, ISBN 9780525206637, page 203,
- A blunt lance head used in jousting.
- (figuratively) Something that shoots high in the air.
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Translations[edit]
a rocket engine
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non-guided missile
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a vehicle
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a projectile firework
References[edit]
- Watkins, Calvert (2000). The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots 2nd edn., p. 72, s.v. ruk-. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 978-0-618-08250-6.
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000). The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523.
- “rocket” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–.
Verb[edit]
rocket (third-person singular simple present rockets, present participle rocketing, simple past and past participle rocketed)
- To accelerate swiftly and powerfully
- To fly vertically
- To rise or soar rapidly
- To carry something in a rocket
- To attack something with rockets
Translations[edit]
To fly
To rise or soar
To carry
To attack
Etymology 2[edit]
From French roquette, Italian ruchetta, diminutive of ruca, from Latin eruca. Cognate to arugula.
Noun[edit]
rocket leaf (Eruca sativa)
rocket (uncountable)
Synonyms[edit]
- (US) arugula
- rocket salad
Derived terms[edit]
- wild rocket, perennial wall rocket, sand rocket, white rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia)
- London rocket (Sisymbrium irio)
- dame's rocket, sweet rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
- blue rocket (Aconitum)
- dyer's rocket, bastard rocket (Reseda)
Translations[edit]
arugula — see arugula
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