ROCKET

Rocket

A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle that obtains thrust from a rocket engine. Rocket engine exhaust is formed entirely from propellants carried within the rocket before use. Rocket engines work by action and reaction. Rocket engines push rockets forward simply by throwing their exhaust backwards extremely fast.

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rocket

Noun

  1. A rocket engine.
  2. 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. An ace (the playing card).
  6. An angry communication (such as a letter or telegram) to a subordinate.
  7. A blunt lance head used in jousting.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. The leaf vegetable Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.

Verb

  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


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