rocket

(noun, verb)

noun

1. any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

Similar word(s): projectile

Definition categories: man–made, vehicle

2. a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion

Definition categories: man–made

3. erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender

Similar word(s): arugula, roquette

Definition categories: plant, herb

4. propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon

Similar word(s): skyrocket

Definition categories: communication

5. sends a firework display high into the sky

Similar word(s): skyrocket

Definition categories: man–made, firework, pyrotechnic

verb

1. shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

- prices skyrocketed

Similar word(s): skyrocket

Definition categories: motion, arise, lift, rise, uprise

2. propel with a rocket

Definition categories: contact, impel, propel