ROCKET
-noun
1. a self-propelling device, especially a cylinder
containing a mixture of solid explosives, used as a firework, distress signal,
line carrier, etc.
2. any vehicle propelled by a rocket engine, especially one
used to carry a warhead, spacecraft, etc.
3. (British & New Zealand, informal) a severe reprimand
-verb
4. (trans.) to propel (a missile, spacecraft, etc.) by means
of a rocket
5. (intr.; followed by “off”, “away”, etc.) to move off at
high speed
6. (intr.) to rise rapidly
-noun
7. Also called: arugula. a Mediterranean plant, Eruca sativa,
having yellowish-white flowers and leaves used as a salad: family Brassicaceae
(crucifers)
8. any of several plants of the related genus Sisymbrium,
especially S. irio (London rocket), which grow on waste ground and have pale yellow
flowers
Just a few leaves of rocket
Can send you flying if wild
Rocketing into another dimension
On a peppery stream
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