rocketing (verb)

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• rocket — [[t]rɒ̱kɪt[/t]] ♦♦♦ rockets, rocketing, rocketed 1) N COUNT A rocket is a space vehicle that is shaped like a long tube. Syn: spacecraft 2) N COUNT: oft N n A rocket is a missile containing explosive that is powered by gas. There has been a… …   English dictionary

• rocket — rock‧et [ˈrɒkt ǁ ˈrɑː ] also rocket up verb [intransitive] if a price or amount rockets, it increases quickly and suddenly: • Interest rates rocketed. • Mexican shares rocketed up 5.4% yesterday. * * * Ⅰ. rocket UK US /ˈrɒkɪt/ noun [C] …   Financial and business terms

• Squatting — Squatter redirects here. For other uses, see Squat (disambiguation). For the resting position, where the weight of the body is on the feet, see squatting position. Part of the Politics series on …   Wikipedia

• travel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Go from one place to another Nouns 1. travel; traveling, wayfaring, itinerancy, tourism; journey, voyage, excursion, junket, expedition, safari, tour, [pleasure or business] trip, trek, crossing, cruise …   English dictionary for students

• rocket — rocket1 noun 1》 a cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance by the combustion of its contents.     ↘a missile or spacecraft propelled by an engine providing thrust on the same principle. 2》 Brit. informal a severe …   English new terms dictionary

• rocket — I UK [ˈrɒkɪt] / US [ˈrɑkɪt] noun Word forms rocket : singular rocket plural rockets * 1) [countable] a vehicle shaped like a tube that travels in space. A rocket is launched when it is sent up from the ground into the sky. a) a weapon shaped like …   English dictionary

• rocket — I. /ˈrɒkət / (say rokuht) noun 1. Aeronautics a structure propelled by a rocket engine, used for pyrotechnic effect, signalling, carrying a lifeline, propelling a warhead, launching spacecraft, etc. 2. a type of firework which shoots into the air …  

• doubling of final consonants in inflection — The table below explains the differing practice in English shown by the forms hotter, enrolled, offered, targeted, in which the root word (hot, enrol, offer, target) ends in a single consonant. Practice can also differ with the same word in BrE… …   Modern English usage

• rocket — / rɒkɪt/ verb to rise fast ● Investors are rushing to cash in on rocketing share prices. ● Prices have rocketed on the commodity markets …   Marketing dictionary in english

• rocket — / rɒkɪt/ verb to rise fast ● Investors are rushing to cash in on rocketing share prices. ● Prices have rocketed on the commodity markets …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• rocket — Ⅰ. rocket [1] ► NOUN 1) a cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance by the combustion of its contents. 2) a missile or spacecraft propelled by an engine providing thrust on the same principle. 3) Brit. informal a… …   English terms dictionary