Usually means: Vehicle propelling through space combustion.
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We found 48 dictionaries that define the word ROCKET:

General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. rocket: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rocket: Merriam-Webster
  3. The Rocket, rocket, rocket, the Rocket: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rocket, rocket: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rocket: Collins English Dictionary
  6. rocket: Vocabulary.com
  7. Rocket, rocket: Wordnik
  8. rocket: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Rocket: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. rocket: Wiktionary
  11. rocket: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  12. rocket: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  13. rocket: Infoplease Dictionary
  14. rocket, the rocket: Dictionary.com
  15. rocket (1), rocket (2): Online Etymology Dictionary
  16. rocket: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  17. Rocket (Alex G album), Rocket (Def Leppard song), Rocket (El Presidente), Rocket (El Presidente song), Rocket (En Vogue song), Rocket (Goldfrapp song), Rocket (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Rocket (Primitive Radio Gods album), Rocket (The Smashing Pumpkins song), Rocket (comics), Rocket (disambiguation), Rocket (film), Rocket (firework), Rocket (locomotive), Rocket (nickname), Rocket (passenger train), Rocket (plant), Rocket (software), Rocket (weapon), Rocket, The Rocket (Slippery Rock), The Rocket (locomotive), The Rocket (magazine), The Rocket (newspaper), The Rocket (painting), The Rocket (short story): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  18. Rocket: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  19. rocket: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  20. rocket: Rhymezone
  21. rocket: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  22. rocket: FreeDictionary.org
  23. rocket: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. rocket: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. Rocket: World Wide Words
  26. rocket: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  27. rocket: Webster's 1828 Dictionary

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rocket: Dictionary of Symbolism

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rocket (aeronautics), rocket: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. ROCKET: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. rocket: Idioms
  5. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rocket: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  2. Garden Flower, Shrub and Tree Glossary (No longer online)
  3. ROCKET: Zoom Astronomy Glossary
  4. From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. rocket, rocket: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  3. Rocket, rocket: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. BBC Food Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. Explosives (No longer online)
  4. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See rocketed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (rocket)

noun:  A projectile.
noun:  A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, (specifically) a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light and colour; a skyrocket.
noun:  A blunt lance head used in jousting.
noun:  A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft.
noun:  An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine.
noun:  (figurative) Figurative uses.
noun:  Something that travels high in the air and/or with great speed; especially (sport), a hard shot.
noun:  (UK slang, originally military) A severe reprimand; a telling-off.
noun:  (slang) An ace (the playing card).
noun:  (Scotland, slang) A stupid or crazy person.
noun:  (South East England, slang) A very physically attractive woman.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To accelerate swiftly and powerfully.
verb:  To fly vertically.
verb:  To rise or soar rapidly.
verb:  To experience sudden fame, popularity, or success.
verb:  To carry something in a rocket.
verb:  To attack something with rockets.
noun:  A leaf vegetable of species Eruca sativa or Eruca vesicaria.
noun:  Rocket larkspur (Consolida regalis, syn. Delphinium consolida).

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