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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 harpoonplay

2. sends a firework display high into the skyplay

  Familiarity information: SKYROCKET used as a noun is rare.


SKYROCKET (verb)
  The verb SKYROCKET has 1 sense:

1. shoot up abruptly, like a rocketplay

  Familiarity information: SKYROCKET used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SKYROCKET (noun)


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)


SKYROCKET (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they skyrocket  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it skyrockets  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: skyrocketed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: skyrocketed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: skyrocketing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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