skyrocket
A type of firework that uses a solid rocket engine to rise quickly into the sky where…A type of firework that uses a solid rocket engine to rise quickly into the sky where it emits a variety of effects such as stars, bangs, crackles, etc.
» Food prices are skyrocketing.
Meaning
3 sensesA type of firework that uses a solid rocket engine to rise quickly into the sky where it emits a variety of effects such as stars, bangs, crackles, etc.
Feuerwerksrakete
сигна́льная раке́таsignálʹnaja rakéta
(broadly)A rebuke, a scolding.
(Australia, UK, slang)A pocket.
- sends a firework display high into the sky
- propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
Examples
28 sentencesFood prices are skyrocketing.
Food prices have skyrocketed.
Recently, the price of crude oil has been skyrocketing, and the cost of gasoline is going up.
Our sales performance is just skyrocketing.
Italy’s infection rate continues to skyrocket.
deIn Italien schießt die Infektionsrate weiter in die Höhe.
Translations
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Origin
Old Italian rocchettoOld Italian rocchetto
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Forms
plural: skyrockets| Singular | skyrocket |
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