rocket
♦ rock|et /r'ɒkɪt/ (rockets rocketing rocketed)
1 [N-COUNT]
A rocket is a space vehicle that is shaped like a long tube.
2 [N-COUNT] oft N n
A rocket is a missile containing explosive that is powered by gas.
There has been a renewed rocket attack on the capital.
3 [N-COUNT]
A rocket is a firework that quickly goes high into the air and then explodes.
4 [VERB] V, V-ing
If things such as prices or social problems rocket, they increase very quickly and suddenly. (JOURNALISM)
Fresh food is so scarce that prices have rocketed...
The nation has experienced four years of rocketing crime.
= soar
5 [VERB] V prep/adv
If something such as a vehicle rockets somewhere, it moves there very quickly.
A train rocketed by, shaking the walls of the row houses...rock|et launch|er (rocket launchers)
[N-COUNT]
A rocket launcher is a device that can be carried by soldiers and used for firing rockets.rock|et sci|ence
[N-UNCOUNT]
If you say that something is not rocket science, you mean that you do not have to be clever in order to do it.
Interviewing politicians may not be rocket science, but it does matter.rock|et sci|en|tist (rocket scientists)
[N-COUNT] with brd-neg
If you say that it does not take a rocket scientist to do something, you mean that you do not have to be clever to do it.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to make a rock record.
1 [N-COUNT]
A rocket is a space vehicle that is shaped like a long tube.
2 [N-COUNT] oft N n
A rocket is a missile containing explosive that is powered by gas.
There has been a renewed rocket attack on the capital.
3 [N-COUNT]
A rocket is a firework that quickly goes high into the air and then explodes.
4 [VERB] V, V-ing
If things such as prices or social problems rocket, they increase very quickly and suddenly. (JOURNALISM)
Fresh food is so scarce that prices have rocketed...
The nation has experienced four years of rocketing crime.
= soar
5 [VERB] V prep/adv
If something such as a vehicle rockets somewhere, it moves there very quickly.
A train rocketed by, shaking the walls of the row houses...rock|et launch|er (rocket launchers)
[N-COUNT]
A rocket launcher is a device that can be carried by soldiers and used for firing rockets.rock|et sci|ence
[N-UNCOUNT]
If you say that something is not rocket science, you mean that you do not have to be clever in order to do it.
Interviewing politicians may not be rocket science, but it does matter.rock|et sci|en|tist (rocket scientists)
[N-COUNT] with brd-neg
If you say that it does not take a rocket scientist to do something, you mean that you do not have to be clever to do it.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to make a rock record.