| Noun | 1. | rocket - any vehicle propelled by a rocket enginemissile - rocket carrying passengers or instruments or a warhead rocket engine, rocket - a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion vehicle - a conveyance that transports people or objects | |
| 2. | rocket - a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsionjet engine - a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion nuclear rocket - a rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant retrorocket - a small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft that is fired to slow or alter its course rocket - any vehicle propelled by a rocket engine space rocket - a rocket powerful enough to travel into outer space thruster - a small rocket engine that provides the thrust needed to maneuver a spacecraft | |
| 3. | rocket - erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tenderherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests | |
| 4. | rocket - propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon | |
| 5. | rocket - sends a firework display high into the skyfirework, pyrotechnic - (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. | |
| Verb | 1. | rocket - shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; "prices skyrocketed" | |
| 2. | rocket - propel with a rocketpropel, impel - cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship" | |