(hunting) A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket.

plural of rocketer

simple past tense and past participle of rocket

present participle of rocket

(transitive, intransitive) To accelerate swiftly and powerfully. / To fly vertically. / To rise or soar rapidly. / To carry something in a rocket. / To attack something with rockets.

A rocket engine. / (military) A non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine. / A vehicle propelled by a rocket engine. / A rocket propelled firework; a skyrocket. / (slang) An ace (the playing card).

The leaf vegetable Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria. / Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis).

Somebody who designs, launches, operates, or travels in a rocket.

plural of rocketeer

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rocket