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Tweet n. 1. a. A rocket engine. b. A vehicle or device propelled by one or more rocket engines, especially such a vehicle designed to travel through space. 2. A projectile weapon carrying a warhead that is powered and propelled by rockets. 3. A projectile firework having a cylindrical shape and a fuse that is lit from the rear. v. rock·et·ed, rock·et·ing, rock·ets v.intr. 1. To move swiftly and powerfully, as a rocket 2. To fly swiftly straight up, as a game bird frightened from cover. 3. To soar or rise rapidly: The book rocketed to the top of the bestseller list. v.tr. 1. To carry by means of a rocket. 2. To assault with rockets. [Italian rocchetta, diminutive of rocca, spindle, distaff, of Germanic origin.] |
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n. 1. See arugula. 2. Any of several plants of the mustard family, especially the dame's rocket and the sea rocket. [Middle English rokette, from Old French roquete, from Italian rochetta, variant of ruchetta, diminutive of ruca, arugula, from Latin ērūca.] |
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