rocket
A projectileA 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.
» The rocket was launched into space.
Die Rakete startete in den Weltraum.
Ракета была запущена в космос.
Ракету запустили в космос.
Ракету було запущено у космос.
Meaning
12 sensesA 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 blunt lance head used in jousting.
A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft.
Rakete, Rakete, Rakete
раке́таrakéta, раке́таrakéta, раке́таrakéta
раке́таrakéta, раке́тний двигу́нrakétnyj dvyhún, раке́таrakéta
any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine.
Figurative uses.
(figuratively)Something that travels high in the air or with great speed; especially (sport), a hard shot.
(UK, figuratively, slang)A severe reprimand; a telling-off.
(figuratively, slang)An ace (the playing card).
(Scotland, figuratively, slang)A stupid or crazy person.
(East, England, South, figuratively, slang)A very physically attractive woman.
(uncountable)A leaf vegetable of species Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
(countable)Any plant of the genus Eruca.
(countable, uncountable)Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis, syn. Delphinium consolida).
Examples
124 sentencesThe rocket was launched into space.
Ракету було запущено у космос.
ruРакета была запущена в космос.
deDie Rakete startete in den Weltraum.
They launched a rocket.
Вони запустили ракету.
ruОни запустили ракету.
The rocket was launched this morning.
ruРакета была запущена сегодня утром.
They're going to send up a rocket.
ruОни собираются запустить ракету.
Tom took off like a rocket.
ruТом пулей сорвался с места.
deTom ging ab wie eine Rakete.
Translations
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Origin
From Italian rocchetta, from Old Italian rocchetto (“rocket”, literally “a bobbin”), diminFrom Italian rocchetta, from Old Italian rocchetto (“rocket”, literally “a bobbin”), diminutive of rocca (“a distaff”), from Lombardic rocko (“spinning wheel”), from Proto-West Germanic *rokkō, from Proto-Germanic *rukkô (“a distaff, a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it, used in spinning thread”). Cognate with Old High German rocco, rocko, roccho, rocho ("a distaff"; > German Rocken (“a distaff”)), Swedish rock (“a distaff”), Icelandic rokkur (“a distaff”), Middle English rocke (“a distaff”). More at rock⁴.
Borrowed from French roquette, from Italian ruchetta, diminutive of ruca, from Latin eruca. Cognate to arugula, rucola, eruca, roquette.
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Forms
plural: rocketsSynonyms
10 synonyms- a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion:rocket engine
- any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine:projectile
- propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon:skyrocket
- erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender:roquettegarden rocketrocket saladarugulaEruca sativaEruca vesicaria sativa
- sends a firework display high into the sky:skyrocket