skyrocket
To rise or increase suddenly and extremelyTo rise or increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.
» Food prices are skyrocketing.
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2 senses(idiomatic, informal, intransitive)To rise or increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.
The shortage caused prices to skyrocket.
emporschnellen, hochschnellen, explodieren
подска́киватьpodskákivatʹ, подскочи́тьpodskočítʹ, взлета́тьvzletátʹ
(idiomatic, informal, transitive)To cause to increase suddenly and extremely.
- shoot up abruptly, like a rocket
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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
7 languagesOrigin
Old Italian rocchettoOld Italian rocchetto
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Forms
skyrockets, skyrocketing, skyrocketed, skyrocketed| Base form | skyrocket · to skyrocket |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | skyrockets |
| Present participle | skyrocketing |
| Past simple | skyrocketed |
| Past participle | skyrocketed |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonyms- shoot up abruptly, like a rocket:rocket
Antonyms
1 antonymsLessons 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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.