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Definition of rocket

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Rocket (n.) An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display..

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Brocket :: Brocket (n.) A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called brock.

Water Rocket :: Water rocket () A kind of firework to be discharged in the water.

Rocket :: Rocket (n.) Damewort.

Drift :: Drift (n.) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework..

Crocketing :: Crocketing (n.) Ornamentation with crockets.

Rocketed :: Rocketed (imp. & p. p.) of Rocke.

Congreve Rocket :: Congreve rocket () See under Rocket.

Ammunition :: Ammunition (n.) Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc..

Damewort :: Damewort (n.) A cruciferrous plant (Hesperis matronalis), remarkable for its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; -- called also rocket and dame's violet..

Skyrocket :: Skyrocket (n.) A rocket that ascends high and burns as it flies; a species of fireworks.

Creeper :: Creeper (n.) Crockets. See Crocket.

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

Stick :: Stick (v. t.) Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether in natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick..

Weld :: Weld (n.) An herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad. It is used by dyers to give a yellow color..

Star :: Star (n.) A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance..

Rocket :: Rocket (n.) A blunt lance head used in the joust.

Rocketing :: Rocketing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rocke.

Choke :: Choke (n.) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc..

Rocket :: Rocket (n.) Rocket larkspur. See below.

Brocket :: Brocket (n.) A small South American deer, of several species (Coassus superciliaris, C. rufus, and C. auritus)..