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noun
a cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance by the combustion of its contents, used typically as a firework or signal. (also rocket engine or rocket motor) an engine that operates by the combustion of its contents, providing thrust as in a jet engine but without depending on the intake of air for combustion. an elongated rocket-propelled missile or spacecraft. used, especially in similes and comparisons, to refer to a person or thing that moves very fast or to an action that is done with great force:she shot out of her chair like a rocket
verb (rockets, rocketing, rocketed)
1 [no object] (of an amount, price, etc.) increase very rapidly and suddenly:sales of milk in supermarkets are rocketing (as adjective rocketing)rocketing prices [with adverbial of direction] move or progress very rapidly: [no object]:the cab rocketed down a ramp [with object]:she showed the kind of form that rocketed her to the semifinals last year
2 [with object] attack with rocket-propelled missiles:the city was rocketed and bombed from the air
