1a cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance by the combustion of its contents, used typically as a firework or signal.
(also rocket engine or rocket motor) an engine that operates by the combustion of its contents, providing thrust as in a jet engine but without depending on the intake of air for combustion.
an elongated rocket-propelled missile or spacecraft: [as modifier]:a rocket launcher
used to refer to a person or thing that moves very fast or to an action that is done with great force:she shot out of her chair like a rocket
2 [in singular]British informal a severe reprimand:he got a rocket from the Director
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1 [no object] (of an amount, price, etc.) increase very rapidly and suddenly:sales of milk in supermarkets are rocketing (as adjective rocketing)rocketing prices
[with adverbial of direction] move very rapidly: [no object]:he rocketed to national stardom [with object]:she showed the kind of form that rocketed her to the semi-finals last year
2 [with object] attack with rocket-propelled missiles:the city was rocketed and bombed from the air
rise like a rocket (and fall like a stick)
rise suddenly and dramatically (and subsequently fall in a similar manner):the firm worries that, after rising like a rocket, exports could drop like the stick
