skyrocket

English

Etymology

sky +‎ rocket

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskaɪˌɹɒk.ɪt/

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Noun

skyrocket (plural skyrockets)

1. A type of firework that uses a solid rocket engine 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. (UK, Australia, rhyming slang) Pocket.

Synonyms

• (type of firework): maroon

Translations

type of firework

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烽火 (zh) (fēnghuǒ)

• Finnish: ilotulitusraketti
• French: fusée d’artifice f
• German: Feuerwerksrakete f
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• Icelandic: eldflaug (is) f, raketta f
• Italian: razzo (it) m
• Japanese: ロケット花火 (roketto hanabi), 狼煙 (ja) (のろし, noroshi)
• Russian: сигна́льная раке́та f (signálʹnaja rakéta)

slang: rebuke, scolding

• Finnish: täyslaidallinen (fi), tykitys (fi)
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• French: volée de bois vert (fr) f, (colloquial) Scud (fr) m

pocket — see 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.
   • 2013 March, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 101, number 2, page 134:

     Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.

   The shortage caused prices to skyrocket.

Antonyms

• plummet

Translations

to increase suddenly and extremely

• Cebuano: sulbong
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 飛漲／飞涨 (zh) (fēizhǎng), 飞涨 (zh) (fēizhǎng), 平步青雲／平步青云 (zh) (píngbùqīngyún), 平步青云 (zh) (píngbùqīngyún) (positive meaning, e.g. career), 劇增／剧增 (zh) (jùzēng), 剧增 (zh) (jùzēng) (dramatically increase), 猛漲／猛涨 (zh) (měngzhǎng), 猛涨 (zh) (měng zhǎng)

• Czech: vyletět nahoru
• Finnish: nousta pilviin (figuratively), raketoida
• French: grimper en flèche, monter en flèche, exploser (fr)
• German: emporschnellen, hochschnellen, explodieren (de)
• Italian: andare alle stelle, balzare alle stelle
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• Japanese: 急騰する (きゅうとうする, kyūtō suru), 暴騰する (ぼうとうする, bōtō suru)
• Portuguese: ir às alturas, elevar-se às alturas
• Russian: подска́кивать (ru) impf (podskákivatʹ), подскочи́ть (ru) pf (podskočítʹ), взлета́ть (ru) impf (vzletátʹ), взлете́ть (ru) pf (vzletétʹ), взмыва́ть (ru) (vzmyvátʹ), взмыть (ru) (vzmytʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: odleteti u nebesa, odletjeti u nebesa (figuratively)

  Roman: одлетети у небеса, одлетјети у небеса (figuratively)

• Swedish: skjuta i höjden, stiga våldsamt