rocket
To accelerate swiftly and powerfullyTo accelerate swiftly and powerfully.
» 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
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 senses(ambitransitive)To accelerate swiftly and powerfully.
To fly vertically.
To rise or soar rapidly.
To experience sudden fame, popularity, or success.
After spending years in obscurity, the band finally rocketed last week.
To carry something in a rocket.
propel with a rocket
To attack something with rockets.
Examples
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
They're going to send up a rocket.
ruОни собираются запустить ракету. — Biga
Tom took off like a rocket.
ruТом пулей сорвался с места. — Wezel
deTom ging ab wie eine Rakete. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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.
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Forms
rockets, rocketing, rocketed, rocketedSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle