rocket
noun
1 (also rocket engine) noun AERO thrusting deviceroicéad masc1 rocket fuel breosla roicéid 2 noun AERO weapon, vehicleroicéad masc1 to fire a rocket roicéad a scaoileadhrocket launcher teilgeoir roicéadTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 noun fireworkroicéad masc1 4 noun SPOR sth very fastroicéad masc1 she hit a rocket into the goal chuir sí roicéad isteach sa chúl, chuir sí an pheil sa chúl ina tintreach 5 (also salad rocket) noun FOOD, BOT plantruachán masc1
verb
6 verb MIL attack TRANSITIVEionsaigh le roicéadionsaí roicéid a dhéanamh arthe headquarters were rocketed rinneadh ionsaí roicéid ar an gceanncheathrú 7 verb move quickly INTRANSITIVEthe ball rocketed into the net chuaigh an liathróid isteach sa chúl de sciotán, isteach sa chúl leis an liathróid ar nós na gaoithethe dog rocketed out the gate tháinig an madra amach an geata de sciotán, ba gheall le hurchar as gunna an madra ag teacht amach an geata 8 verb increase quickly INTRANSITIVEardaigh as cuimseardaigh go tobann prices are rocketing out of control tá praghsanna ag ardú go han-tobann, tá praghsanna imithe ó smacht ar fad, tá ardú as miosúr ar phraghsanna 9 verb in rank, status INTRANSITIVEshe rocketed to fame as a novelist tháinig cáil thar oíche uirthi mar úrscéalaímy book rocketed to the top of the best-seller list bhain mo leabhar barr an liosta sárdhíola amach go han-tobann
TRANSITIVEhis photographs rocketed him to fame tharraing a chuid grianghraf clú thar oíche air