Definizione monolingua

rocket

rocket (third-person singular simple present rockets, present participle rocketing, simple past and past participle rocketed)

1. To accelerate swiftly and powerfully
2. To fly vertically
3. To rise or soar rapidly
4. To carry something in a rocket
5. To attack something with rockets

rocket (plural rockets)

1. A rocket engine.
2. (military) A non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine.
3. A vehicle propelled by a rocket engine.
4. A rocket propelled firework, a skyrocket
5. (slang) An ace (the playing card).
6. (military slang) An angry communication (such as a letter or telegram) to a subordinate.
   • 1980, David Schoenbrun, Soldiers of the Night: The Story of the French Resistance,^[1] Dutton, ISBN 9780525206637, page 203,

     While [Colonel Robert] Solborg and [Jacques] Lemaigre[-Dubreuil] were dreaming of revolts, [William Joseph “Wild Bill”] Donovan had learned of Solborg’s insubordination and meddling. He sent him a “rocket” ordering him out of North Africa and back to Lisbon at once. Solborg flew to Lisbon and then on to Washington to face out his problem with Donovan.

Definizione dizionario rocket

	razzo
	a projectile firework
	non-guided missile
	a vehicle

	rucola
	arugula
	Annual plant whose leaves are edible and used in salads.
	common name for plants

	ruchetta
	arugula
	Annual plant whose leaves are edible and used in salads.

missile

	motore a razzo
	a rocket engine

	rughetta
	Annual plant whose leaves are edible and used in salads.

Altri significati:

(military slang) An angry communication (such as a letter or telegram) to a subordinate.

The leaf vegetable '''Eruca vesicaria''' .

(slang) An ace (the playing card).

To accelerate swiftly and powerfully

Reaction-propelled tool using only load propellants, without resorting to the surrounding medium.

To carry something in a rocket

To attack something with rockets

To fly vertically

(military) A non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine.

A rocket engine.

A rocket propelled firework, a skyrocket

To rise or soar rapidly

A vehicle propelled by a rocket engine.