rocket

noun

sends a firework display high into the sky

propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon

erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender

a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion

any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

verb

propel with a rocket

shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

Roots

rocchettarock- · Italian · little distaff, bobbin etto-et · Italian · diminutive

Synonyms for rocket

skyrocketv projectilen rockoon missilen spacecraftn spaceshipn warheadn payloadn torpedov

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Where does rocket come from?

The word rocket breaks down into 2 roots of Italian origin: rock, from Italian rocchetta (“little distaff, bobbin”); and -et, from Italian etto (“diminutive”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.