Definitions for: Rocket


[n] a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
[n] any vehicle propelled by a rocket engine
[n] sends a firework display high into the sky
[n] propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
[n] erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
[v] propel with a rocket
[v] shoot up abruptly



Webster (1913) Definition: Rock"et, n. [F. roquette (cf. Sp. ruqueta, It
ruchetta), fr. L. eruca.] (Bot.)
(a) A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in
Europe as a salad.
(b) Damewort.
(c) Rocket larkspur. See below.

Dyer's Rocket. (Bot.) See Dyer's broom, under Broom.

Rocket larkspur (Bot.), an annual plant with showy flowers
in long racemes (Delphinium Ajacis).

Sea rocket (Bot.), either of two fleshy cruciferous plants
(Cakile maritima and C. Americana) found on the
seashore of Europe and America.

Yellow rocket (Bot.), a common cruciferous weed with yellow
flowers (Barbarea vulgaris).


Rock"et, n. [It. rocchetta, fr. rocca a distaff, of
German origin. Named from the resemblance in shape to a
distaff. See Rock a distaff.]
1. An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of
paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible
ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened
to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the
air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases
liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are
used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and
also for pyrotechnic display.

2. A blunt lance head used in the joust.



Congreve rocket, a powerful form of rocket for use in war,
invented by Sir William Congreve. It may be used either in
the field or for bombardment; in the former case, it is
armed with shells or case shot; in the latter, with a
combustible material inclosed in a metallic case, which is
inextinguishable when kindled, and scatters its fire on
every side.


Rock"et, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rocketed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Rocketing.] (Sporting)
To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present
participle or as an adjective. [Eng.]

An old cock pheasant came rocketing over me. --H. R.
Haggard.

Synonyms: arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa, garden rocket, rocket engine, rocket salad, roquette, skyrocket, skyrocket, skyrocket

See Also: arise, booster, booster rocket, booster unit, come up, Eruca, firework, genus Eruca, go up, herb, herbaceous plant, impel, jet engine, lift, missile, move up, multistage rocket, nuclear rocket, propel, pyrotechnics, research rocket, retrorocket, rise, rocket, space rocket, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket, test instrument vehicle, test rocket, thruster, uprise, vehicle, visual signal

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