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1. Rocket
   Rocket is British slang for a reprimand.
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2. Rocket
   Rocket is British slang for a reprimand.
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3. Rocket
   [firework] A rocket is a pyrotechnic firework made out of a paper tube packed with gunpowder that propels itself into the air in order to fly. Types of rockets include the skyrockets, which have a stick to provide stability during airborne flight; missiles, which instead rotate for stability...
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4. rocket
   [n] - erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender 2. [n] - propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon 3. [n] - any vehicle propelled by a rocket engine 4. [n] - a jet engine containing its own pr...
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5. Rocket
   Piece of equipment used to send stuff into space.
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6. Rocket
   Commonly used term for a launch vehicle. One burning liquid or solid fuel and carrying Its own oxidizer, enabling combustion to continue outside of the earth's atmosphere.Historical Notes1232 Rockets invented in China to defend city of Kaifeng against Mongol invaders.1500 Chinese scientist Wan Hu ti...
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7. rocket
   (Learning Modules / Mathematics / Gravity) A vehicle propelled by emitting gases at very high velocity - moving by reaction in the opposite direction to the gases.
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8. rocket
   A self-propelled vehicle whose trajectory or course,while in flight,cannot be controlled. Category: Management in the public and private sector • Missile whose motion is due to reaction propulsion and whose flight path cannot be controlled during flight. Category: Transport
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9. Rocket
   Rock'et noun [ French roquette (cf. Spanish ruqueta , It ruchetta ), from Latin eruca .] (Botany) (a) A cruciferous plant ( Eruca sativa ) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad. (b) Damewort.
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10. Rocket
    Rock'et noun [ Italian rocchetta , from rocca a distaff, of German origin. Named from the resemblance in shape to a distaff. See Rock a distaff.] 1. An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal fi...
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11. Rocket
    Rock'et intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Rocketed ; present participle & verbal noun Rocketing .] (Sporting) To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present...
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12. rocket
    1. An artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated ...
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13. rocket
    rocket engine noun a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
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14. rocket
    roquette noun erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
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15. rocket
    noun propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
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16. Rocket
    • (n.) Damewort. • (v. i.) To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective. • (n.) Rocket larkspur. See below. • (n.) A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad. • (n.) An artificial firework consisting of...
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17. rocket
    (from the article `firework`) The most popular form of firework, the rocket, is lifted into the sky by recoil from the jet of fire thrown out by its burning composition; its case ...
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18. rocket
    any of the 90 species of the genus Sisymbrium, of the mustard family (Brassicaceae), weedy plants with yellow flowers that are common in waste areas ...
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19. Rocket
    pioneer railway locomotive built by the English engineers George and Robert Stephenson. Following the success of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in ... [5 related articles]
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20. rocket
    any of a type of jet-propulsion device carrying either solid or liquid propellants that provide both the fuel and oxidizer required for combustion. ... [16 related articles]
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21. Rocket
    [El Presidente song] "Rocket" is the first single from El Presidente. It was a limited (1000 Copies) Red 10" vinyl release. The B-side was Rocket-Beef Music Mix. It reached number 37 on the UK Singles Chart. Not much is known about when the song was recorded or who plays on it apart from Lia...
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22. Rocket
    HMS Rocket was a British Rotherham Class destroyer of 1705 tons displacement launched in 1942. HMS Rocket was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots. She was armed with four 4.7 inch guns; four 2 pdr pom-pom guns; eight 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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23. Rocket
    [Def Leppard song] "Rocket" is a song recorded by British hard rock band Def Leppard in 1987 from the album Hysteria. It was the sixth (seventh in the US) and final single release, coming out in January 1989 and hitting the Top 15 in the US Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart. The song wa...
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24. Rocket
    [The Smashing Pumpkins song] "Rocket" is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. It was the fourth and final single from their second album, Siamese Dream, and was written by Billy Corgan. The CD single is a valuable rarity to fans of the band as it only saw a release...
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25. Rocket
    [disambiguation] A rocket is a vehicle, missile, or aircraft propelled by an engine that creates thrust from a high speed exhaust jet made exclusively from propellant. Rocket or Rockets may also refer to: == Media == === Music === == People == === Nicknames === == Plants == == Sport == == Transport == == Other == ...
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