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rocket ['rɒkɪt]1 noun∎ to fire or launch a rocket lancer une fusée;∎ to go off like a rocket partir comme une fusée∎ to fire a rocket lancer une roquette(c) (signal, firework) fusée f∎ to get a rocket (from sb) se faire engueuler (par qn), prendre ou se faire passer un savon (par qn);∎ to give sb a rocket engueuler qn, passer un savon a qn(propulsion) par fusée; (engine) de fusée(a) (missile, astronaut) lancer (dans l'espace);∎ the spacecraft was rocketed to the moon le vaisseau spatial a été lancé en direction de la lune(b) (record, singer) faire monter en flèche;∎ the record rocketed the group into the top 10 grâce à ce disque, le groupe est monté en flèche jusqu'au top 10(price, sales) monter en flèche;∎ to rocket to fame devenir célèbre du jour au lendemain;∎ the group rocketed up the charts le groupe est monté dans le hit-parade comme une flèche;∎ the car rocketed down the road/round the track la voiture a descendu la rue/fait le tour de la piste à une vitesse incroyable►► Military rocket attack attaque f à la roquette;Military rocket bomb roquette f;rocket gun fusil m lance-roquettes;Military rocket range base f de lancement de missiles;rocket science fuséologie m;rocket scientist spécialiste mf de fuséologie; familiar Stock Exchange = personne qui spécule sur le cours des monnaies; -
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['rokit] 1. noun1) (a tube containing materials which, when set on fire, give off a jet of gas which drives the tube forward, usually up into the air, used eg as a firework, for signalling, or for launching a spacecraft.) fusée, roquette2) (a spacecraft launched in this way: The Americans have sent a rocket to Mars.) fusée2. verb(to rise or increase very quickly: Bread prices have rocketed.) monter en flèche
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Rocketed — Rocket Rock et, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rocketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rocketing}.] (Sporting) To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] An old cock pheasant came rocketing over me.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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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
rock|et — 1 «ROK iht», noun, verb. –noun. 1. a device consisting of a tube open at one end and filled with some substance that burns very rapidly as fuel. The burning fuel creates expanding gases which escape from the open end, moving the rocket rapidly… … Useful english dictionary
rocket — rock‧et [ˈrɒkt 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
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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 — 1 noun (C) 1 a vehicle used for travelling or carrying things into space, which is shaped like a big tube 2 a similar object used as a weapon, especially one that carries a bomb: anti tank rockets 3 a small tube fixed to a stick, that contains… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Tet Offensive — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Tet Offensive partof=the Vietnam War caption=Some communist targets during the Tet Offensive date=30 January 1968 23 September 1968 place=South Vietnam result= North Vietnamese propaganda victory. U.S. and South … Wikipedia