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rocket

noun verb

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

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Word length
6
Starts with
R
Ends with
T
Contains
OC
Scrabble score
12
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

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

noun

  1. any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine

noun

  1. sends a firework display high into the sky

noun

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

noun

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

verb

  1. propel with a rocket

verb

  1. shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

    “prices skyrocketed”

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prices skyrocketed

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