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SKYROCKET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does skyrocket mean?
• SKYROCKET (noun)
The noun SKYROCKET has 2 senses:
1. propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
2. sends a firework display high into the sky
Familiarity information: SKYROCKET used as a noun is rare.
• SKYROCKET (verb)
The verb SKYROCKET has 1 sense:
1. shoot up abruptly, like a rocket
Familiarity information: SKYROCKET used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
rocket; skyrocket
Hypernyms ("skyrocket" is a kind of...):
visual signal (a signal that involves visual communication)
Derivation:
skyrocket (shoot up abruptly, like a rocket)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Sends a firework display high into the sky
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
rocket; skyrocket
Hypernyms ("skyrocket" is a kind of...):
firework; pyrotechnic ((usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.)
Derivation:
skyrocket (shoot up abruptly, like a rocket)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: skyrocketed
Past participle: skyrocketed
-ing form: skyrocketing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shoot up abruptly, like a rocket
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
rocket; skyrocket
Context example:
prices skyrocketed
Hypernyms (to "skyrocket" is one way to...):
arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
skyrocket (sends a firework display high into the sky)
skyrocket (propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon)
Context examples
When Mercury is retrograde, the chances you will buy something that your recipient will return skyrockets.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Laurie was equally impracticable, and would have had bonfires, skyrockets, and triumphal arches, if he had had his own way.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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