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rocket

Definition

  • noun: a type of very powerful engine that is powered by gases that are released from burning fuel
  • noun: any of several plants of the mustard family
  • verb: to increase quickly and suddenly
  • verb: to convey or propel by means of or as if by a rocket
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: damewort, dart, fly

Examples

  • You don't have to be a 'rocket scientist' [=you don't have to be unusually smart] to understand the instructions.

  • Sales 'rocketed' from 1,000 units last week to 5,000 units this week.

  • The job is challenging, but it's not exactly 'rocket science'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) grocery store. and the minute I turn on a fucking game she starts crying we never talk. See now go out, come back and talk to him. And it ain't a rocket science for Christ sake. Yeah, but I don't have a job, a car, or a girlfriend. Jesus, I should have blown his head off when I had a chance. (..)
    2008 Gran Torino