rockets

Meanings

Noun

• any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
• a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
• erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
• propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
• sends a firework display high into the sky
• plural of rocket

Verb

• shoot up abruptly, like a rocket
• propel with a rocket
• third-person singular simple present indicative of rocket

Synonyms

arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa, garden rocket, projectile, rocket, rocket engine, rocket salad, roquette, skyrocket