rocket
- Top 5000
Sense 1
- noun
- B2
A long narrow vehicle with a pointed front that burns fuel to push itself up into space, carrying people or equipment.
The rocket lifted off inside a huge cloud of white smoke.
Engineers tested the rocket for years before anyone flew in it.
A small rocket carried food and water to the space station.
Our class built a paper rocket with a rubber band engine.
Common collocations: launch a rocket · rocket engine · rocket launch · space rocket · model rocket
Part of: Space, Science and technology, Means of transport
Sense 2 · less common
- verb
- C1
To rise or increase very fast and by a very large amount.
House prices rocketed as soon as the new railway line opened.
Sales of the little book rocketed after one famous review.
Her costs rocketed when the bank raised interest rates again.
Common collocations: prices rocket · sales rocketed · costs rocket · rocket to fame · rocket up
Part of: Bank and money, Numbers and quantity, Attitudes and opinions
Sense 3 · less common
- noun
- B2
A green salad plant with long leaves that have a sharp, slightly hot taste.
He stirred a handful of rocket into the warm pasta.
Rocket tastes peppery, so a little goes a long way.
Wild rocket has thinner leaves and an even stronger flavour.
Common collocations: rocket leaves · rocket salad · wild rocket · a handful of rocket
Part of: Vegetables, Cooking, Plants
Forms
- past
- rocketed
- plural
- rockets
- third_person
- rockets
- past_participle
- rocketed