rocket : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a shipboard system to fire rockets at submarines
  

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• noun the first stage of a multistage rocket
  booster unit; booster rocket; takeoff booster; booster.
  

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• 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.

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• . See Dyer's broom, under Broom.

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• noun European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America
  dyer's mignonette; Reseda luteola; weld.
  

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

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• noun erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
  rocket; roquette; Eruca vesicaria sativa; arugula; Eruca sativa; garden rocket.
  

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• an arrow, rocket, or shot, for carrying an attached line to a vessel in distress in order to save life.

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• (Bot.), a cruciferous plant (Sisymbrium Irio) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of 1667.

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• noun a rocket having two or more rocket engines (each with its own fuel) that are fired in succession and jettisoned when the fuel is exhausted
  multistage rocket.
  

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• noun a rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant
  

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• noun any of several North American plants of the genus Erysimum having large yellow flowers
  
• noun any of several western American plants of the genus Cheiranthus having large yellow flowers
  

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• noun a rocket fired for test purposes
  research rocket; test instrument vehicle.
  

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• noun a military base for rocket missiles
  

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• noun noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium
  Sisymbrium barbarea; rocket cress; rockcress; Barbarea vulgaris.
  

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• noun a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
  rocket.
  

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• noun an engineer who builds and tests rockets
  rocket engineer.
  

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• noun the launching of a rocket or missile under its own power
  rocket firing.
  

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• noun an explosive charge that propels a rocket
  rocket propellant; rocket fuel.
  

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• noun commonly cultivated larkspur of southern Europe having unbranched spikelike racemes of blue or sometimes purplish or pinkish flowers; sometime placed in genus Delphinium
  Consolida ambigua; Delphinium ajacis.
  

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

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• noun armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket
  launcher.
  

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• noun the launching of a rocket or missile under its own power
  rocket firing.
  

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• noun an explosive charge that propels a rocket
  rocket propellant; rocket fuel.
  

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• noun an explosive charge that propels a rocket
  rocket propellant; rocket fuel.
  

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• noun reaction propulsion using stored oxygen for combustion; used where there is insufficient atmospheric oxygen
  

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• noun a firing range for rocket missiles
  

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• noun erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
  rocket; roquette; Eruca vesicaria sativa; arugula; Eruca sativa; garden rocket.
  

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• noun a clever thinker
  
  • you do not have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out
• noun an engineer who builds and tests rockets
  rocket engineer.
  

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• adjective propelled by (or as if propelled by) a rocket engine
  

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

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• noun salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy grey-green foliage
  Cakile maritima.
  

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• noun a research rocket used to obtain information about the atmosphere at various altitudes
  

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• noun a rocket powerful enough to travel into outer space
  

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• noun a rocket having two or more rocket engines (each with its own fuel) that are fired in succession and jettisoned when the fuel is exhausted
  multistage rocket.
  

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• noun long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening; naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America
  damask violet; Dame's violet; Hesperis matronalis.
  

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• noun the first stage of a multistage rocket
  booster unit; booster rocket; takeoff booster; booster.
  

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• noun perennial stellate and hairy herb with small yellow flowers of mountains of southern Europe; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium
  Sisymbrium tanacetifolia; Hugueninia tanacetifolia.
  

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• noun a rocket fired for test purposes
  research rocket; test instrument vehicle.
  

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• noun yellow-flowered European plant that grows on old walls and in waste places; an adventive weed in North America
  Diplotaxis tenuifolia; Diplotaxis muralis.
  

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Wa"ter rock"et

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1. (Bot.) A cruciferous plant (Nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellow flowers.
2. A kind of firework to be discharged in the water.

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• noun from Mediterranean region; a naturalized weed throughout southern Europe
  Diplotaxis erucoides.
  

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• . (Bot.) See under Rattle, and Rocket.

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• noun noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium
  Sisymbrium barbarea; rocket cress; rockcress; Barbarea vulgaris.
  

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

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