American English pronunciation

How to pronounce rockets

IPA transcription: ['ɹɑkəts]

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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

Verb

  • shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

    “prices skyrocketed”

  • propel with a rocket