Definition of "rocket" []

• A rocket engine. (noun)
• A vehicle or device propelled by one or more rocket engines, especially such a vehicle designed to travel through space. (noun)
• A projectile weapon carrying a warhead that is powered and propelled by rockets. (noun)
• A projectile firework having a cylindrical shape and a fuse that is lit from the rear. (noun)
• To move swiftly and powerfully, as a rocket (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The TAURUS rocket is scrap -- in rocket science, a 66% success rate sucks by any performance measure."
• "A rocket propelled grenade launcher can use the term rocket, because it has a conventional rocket propellant system behind the charge."
• "This rocket is already extant and has a flight history."