1. Any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
   - projectile 
2. A jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
   - rocket engine 
3. Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
   - roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula [N. Amer], Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa 
4. Propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
   - skyrocket 
5. Sends a firework display high into the sky
   - skyrocket

1. Shoot up abruptly, like a rocket
   - skyrocket 
2. Propel with a rocket

Derived forms: rocketing, rocketed, rockets

See also: rocketry

Type of: arise, come up, firework, go up, herb, herbaceous plant, impel, jet engine, lift, move up, propel, pyrotechnic, rise, uprise, vehicle, visual signal

Part of: Eruca, genus Eruca

Encyclopedia: Rocket

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