rocket in WordNet English dictionary

1. erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
   rocket  roquette  garden rocket  rocket salad  arugula  Eruca sativa  Eruca vesicaria sativa 
   
2. any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
   rocket  projectile 
   
3. a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
   rocket  rocket engine 
   
4. sends a firework display high into the sky
   skyrocket  rocket 
   
5. propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
   rocket  skyrocket 
   

1. propel with a rocket
   rocket 
   
2. shoot up abruptly, like a rocket
   "prices skyrocketed"
   rocket  skyrocket