rocket

A projectile.; A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, (specifically) a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light and colour; a skyrocket.

A projectile.; A blunt lance head used in jousting.

A projectile.; A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft.

• As Elon Musk returns his focus to his businesses, one of his most important companies just had another setback: A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded in an immense fireball Wednesday during a routine ground test.

A projectile.; An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine.

Figurative uses.; Something that travels high in the air or with great speed; especially (sport), a hard shot.figuratively

• Fernandinho launched a rocket that flew just over. Gundogan's shot hit off Sviatchenko and Gordon and went out. City pressed and pressed.

Figurative uses.; A severe reprimand; a telling-off.UKfigurativelyslang

• The Burmese nurse who'd gone with her was crying, for which she'd no doubt get a rocket from matron.
• While Solborg and Lemaigre were dreaming of revolts, 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.

Figurative uses.; An ace (the playing card).figurativelyslang

Figurative uses.; A stupid or crazy person.Scotlandfigurativelyslang

• Why were the Luddites named efter Ned Ludd? A wee rocket. A wee fucken fairy bampot. A pure hooligan, smashing stuff up. A ned. Ned Ludd.

Figurative uses.; A very physically attractive woman.EastEnglandSouth

To accelerate swiftly and powerfully.ambitransitive

• With Free Guy, Reynolds gets just a little more in touch with his Carrey side via nothing less than his own version of The Truman Show, shorn of its daydream dread and rocketed into the age of Fortnite.

To fly vertically.

To rise or soar rapidly.

• The cost of food in the UK had rocketed by 25% since 2019, the researchers calculated, but if the post-Brexit trade restrictions were not in place then this increase would be only 17% – nearly a third lower.

To experience sudden fame, popularity, or success.

• After spending years in obscurity, the band finally rocketed last week.

To carry something in a rocket.

To attack something with rockets.

A leaf vegetable of species Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.uncountable

Any plant of the genus Eruca.countable

• And avoid certain aphrodisiac foods, such as onions and rockets.

Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis, syn. Delphinium consolida).countableuncountable