rocket.
A projectile.
Meaning & usage
A 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 projectile. A blunt lance head used in jousting.
A projectile. A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft.
A projectile. An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine.
Figurative uses. Something that travels high in the air or with great speed; especially (sport), a hard shot.
Figurative uses. A severe reprimand; a telling-off.
Figurative uses. An ace (the playing card).
Figurative uses. A stupid or crazy person.
Figurative uses. A very physically attractive woman.
Where this word comes from
From 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. For the meaning development, compare fuselage, ultimately from Latin fūsus (“spindle, spinning wheel”).
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.
To attack something with rockets.
Where this word comes from
From 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. For the meaning development, compare fuselage, ultimately from Latin fūsus (“spindle, spinning wheel”).
A leaf vegetable of species Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
Any plant of the genus Eruca.
Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis, syn. Delphinium consolida).
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French roquette, from Italian ruchetta, diminutive of ruca, from Latin eruca. Cognate to arugula, rucola, eruca, roquette.
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