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.
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» The rocket was launched into space.
Die Rakete startete in den Weltraum. — Dejo
Ракета была запущена в космос. — soweli_Elepanto
Ракету запустили в космос. — marafon
Ракету було запущено у космос. — deniko
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124 sentencesThe rocket was launched into space.
Ракету було запущено у космос. — deniko
ruРакета была запущена в космос. — soweli_Elepanto
deDie Rakete startete in den Weltraum. — Dejo
They launched a rocket.
Вони запустили ракету. — deniko
ruОни запустили ракету. — marafon
The rocket was launched this morning.
ruРакета была запущена сегодня утром. — marafon
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.
Rakete
раке́таrakéta
раке́таrakéta
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
A blunt lance head used in jousting.
More meanings 9
A projectile.
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.
(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).
Figurative uses.
(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.
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- any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine:projectile
- a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion:rocket engine
- erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender:roquettegarden rocketrocket saladarugulaEruca sativaEruca vesicaria sativa
- propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon:skyrocket
- sends a firework display high into the sky:skyrocket
Word family
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