1. (

• rocket ,
• projectile ,

) any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine ;

2. (

• rocket ,
• rocket_engine

) a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion ;

3. (

• rocket ,
• roquette ,
• garden_rocket ,
• rocket_salad ,
• arugula ,
• Eruca_sativa ,
• Eruca_vesicaria_sativa

) erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender ;

4. (

• rocket ,
• skyrocket

) propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon ;

5. (

• skyrocket ,
• rocket ,

) sends a firework display high into the sky ;

1. (

• rocket ,
• skyrocket

) shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; "prices skyrocketed" ;

2. (

• rocket

) propel with a rocket ;