any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
"The astronaut watched as the small rocket lifted off from the launchpad and soared into the sky."
a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
"The rocket launched into space without needing any external fuel source."
erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
"The gardener planted rocket seeds in early spring so they could harvest the young, tender leaves for a fresh salad."
A rocket engine.
"The chef added fresh rocket to the salad just before serving it, noting that its peppery flavor was a perfect match for the goat cheese."
The leaf vegetable Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
In plain English: A rocket is a powerful vehicle that shoots straight up into space using its own fuel to escape Earth's gravity.
"The rocket launched successfully into space this morning."
propel with a rocket
"The powerful engine propelled the satellite into orbit by rocketing it upward through the atmosphere."
To accelerate swiftly and powerfully
"The car rocketed from zero to sixty in just a few seconds."
In plain English: To rocket means to move very quickly upward or forward with great speed and force.
"The price of gas has rocketed in just two weeks."
Usage: Use the verb form to describe accelerating quickly, such as when a car speeds up after starting from rest. This meaning is distinct from the noun referring to the rocket salad vegetable.
From Italian rocchetta, from Old Italian rocchetto ("rocket", literally "a bobbin"), diminutive of rocca ("a distaff"), from Lombardic rocko ("spinning wheel"), from Proto-West Germanic rokkō, from Proto-Germanic rukkô ("a distaff, a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it, used in spinning thread").