" rockets "

[Verb]  | "rocket" 

1: to convey or propel by means of or as if by a rocket

2: to rise up swiftly, spectacularly, and with force

3: to travel rapidly in or as if in a rocket

Origin: 1837 ;

[Noun]  | "rock*et" | \ ˈrä-kət \

1: any of several plants of the mustard family: such as

2: arugula

3: dame's rocket

Origin: 1530 ;

 Borrowed from Middle French roquete, borrowed from Italian (15th-century) ruchetta, rochetta, from ruca "arugula" (going back to Latin ērūca "arugula, caterpillar," of uncertain origin) + -etta, diminutive suffix, going back to Latin -itta;

  * Note : The sense "caterpillar" of Latin ērūca has been taken as the original one, with the plant so called from the resemblance of its hairy stems to a caterpillar. If this is the case, ērūca could be a derivative of *ēr "hedgehog" (see: {urchin|urchin}); the suffix may be the same as in festūca "stalk, straw," lactūca "lettuce," and verrūca "wart.";

[Noun]  | "rock*et" | \ ˈrä-kət \

1: a firework consisting of a case partly filled with a combustible composition fastened to a guiding stick and propelled through the air by the rearward discharge of the gases liberated by combustion

2: a similar device used as an incendiary weapon or as a propelling unit (as for a lifesaving line)

3: a jet engine that operates on the same principle as the firework rocket, consists essentially of a combustion chamber and an exhaust nozzle, carries either liquid or solid propellants which provide the fuel and oxygen needed for combustion and thus make the engine independent of the oxygen of the air, and is used especially for the propulsion of a missile (such as a bomb or shell) or a vehicle (such as an airplane)

Origin: 1611 ;

 Italian rocchetta, literally, small distaff, from diminutive of rocca distaff, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German rocko distaff;

[Noun]  | "bottle rocket" 

1: a firework typically consisting of a cylindrical case that is partly filled with combustible material and fastened to a guiding stick which may be placed in a bottle to control the direction of the rocket's launch

Origin: 1939 ;

[Noun]  | "dame's rocket" 

1: a Eurasian perennial plant (Hesperis matronalis) of the mustard family cultivated for its spikes of showy fragrant white or purplish flowers —called also dame's violet, rocket

Origin: circa 1900 ;

[Noun]  | "garden rocket" 

1: arugula

Origin: 1548 ;

[Noun]  | "ret*ro-rock*et" | \ ˈre-trō-ˌrä-kət \

1: an auxiliary rocket engine (as on a spacecraft) used in decelerating

Origin: 1951 ;

[Noun]  | "sounding rocket" 

1: a rocket used especially to obtain information concerning atmospheric conditions at various altitudes

Origin: circa 1945 ;

[Noun]  | "wall rocket" 

1: any of several Old World herbs (genus Diplotaxis) of the mustard family; especially : a yellow-flowered European herb (D. tenuifolia) naturalized in North America

Origin: circa 1611 ;

[Verb]  | "rockets" 

[Verb]  | "rocket"