skyrocket

Meaning

Noun

1. A type of firework that uses a solid rocket engine to rise quickly into the sky where it emits a variety of effects such as stars, bangs, crackles, etc.
2. (broadly) A rebuke, a scolding.
3. (Australia, UK, slang) pocket.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To rise or increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.
2. (transitive) To cause to increase suddenly and extremely.

Synonyms

rocket

🚀

shoot up

beacon

soar

signal fire

increase

mount

pitch

ricochet

rise

sling

be abundant

appreciate

go through the roof

ballooning

bottle rocket

catapult

dart

🎯

Translations

razzo

cohete

fusée

🚀

Feuerwerksrakete

roquette

🚀

Rakete

🚀

monter en flèche

foguete

🚀

coet

🚀

exploser

Feuerzeichen

Fanal

hochschnellen

υψούμαι ταχέως

explodieren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskaɪˌɹɒk.ɪt/

Etymology

From sky + rocket.