Term Gallery logo

Meanings of rocket in English

Russian
ракета
Portuguese
foguete espacial
Spanish
cohete de reacción
Catalan
coet
Wikidata

Rockets.

        ракета
        Portuguese
        rúcula

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

            rúcula
            Portuguese
            rojão
            Catalan
            coet
            Spanish
            cohete

            Any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine.

                  rojão
                  Portuguese
                  motor de foguete
                  Catalan
                  coet
                  Spanish
                  cohete

                  A jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion.

                        motor de foguete
                        Usage of rocket in English
                        1
                        No rocket available today, public or private, has that kind of power.
                        Wired
                        2
                        Then we saw prices continue to rocket upwards, unchecked by the government.
                        The Guardian
                        3
                        The bodies of the rocket victims were left behind in the road.
                        The forever war
                        4
                        This would not be possible with any rocket currently on the market.
                        The South African
                        5
                        A rocket investigation would be a year, a year and a half.
                        Reuters
                        6
                        By December 2012, North Korea had carried out another, successful, rocket test.
                        Reuters
                        7
                        Facebook Twitter Pinterest North Korea shows off a new rocket launching system.
                        The Guardian
                        8
                        Perhaps he's looking for the next political position he can rocket into.
                        News.com.au
                        9
                        The first rocket to be launched from New Zealand soil has problems.
                        Radio NZ
                        10
                        North Korea successfully launched a rocket earlier this month, sparking international condemnation
                        The Guardian
                        11
                        The new rocket will be able to carry heavier satellites into space.
                        BBC
                        12
                        Suppose, Hinkston, as you originally suggested, that rocket travel occurred years ago?
                        The Martian Chronicles
                        13
                        Residents said a Grad rocket struck the airport perimeter late on Monday.
                        Reuters
                        14
                        A Chanel supermarket in 2014 and a rocket ship this year followed.
                        The Guardian
                        15
                        The result was a hail of rocket shells directly on the squadron.
                        Armageddon 2419 A. D.
                        16
                        Mr Musk has a future rocket under development he calls the BFR.
                        Radio NZ
                        About this term
                        More collocations
                        Translations for rocket
                        Rocket through the time
                        Rocket across language varieties
                        South Africa
                        Common
                        Ireland
                        Common
                        New Zealand
                        Common
                        More variants