rocket-likeadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈrɒkᵻtlʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈrɑkətˌlaɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rocket n.⁵, -like suffix.

Etymology: < rocket n.⁵ + -like suffix.

A. adj.

Characteristic of or resembling a rocket.

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1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 399/1 Compare the pure and steady lustre of his elevation, to the rocket-like abberrations [sic] and perturbed blaze of their still uncertain course.

1915 J. Buchan Nelson's Hist. War V. 25 The bombers..seizing one of these rocket-like bombs from their belts..hurl them high above the parapet.

1945 K. Tynan Let. 5 June (1994) i. 79 The tousled, haggard figure who dashed home in a series of jerky, rocket-like spurts.

1993 Dog World Nov. 18/2 His team blazed along the trail through Sandwich Notch, passing others with rocketlike speed.

B. adv.

Like a rocket.

ΚΠ

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics I. iv. ii. 126 Up mounts speculation, rocket-like.

1952 S. Spender Learning Laughter 38 There was a screen of cypress trees with the column of one palm tree in their midst, bursting rocket-like at the apex.

2006 O. Steinhauer in Dublin Noir iii. 130 We'd pour vodka on the dorm floor and set it alight or spark a match at the mouth of a bottle and watch it shoot, rocket-like, down the corridor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

C1. General attributive and in compounds, as rocket-seed; rocket-like, rocket-leaved adjs.

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1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. lxxxi. f. 54, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe Some woulde giue him Onyons and Roket seede to drinke with wyne.

1661 N. Culpeper Pharmacopœia Londinensis 18/1 Rocket seed, provokes urine.

1709 J. Marten Gonosologium Novum i. 39 Administer sharp aromatick and cephalick Medicines, such as Castor, Pepper, Mustard, Watercresses, Rocket-Seed, &c.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Crambe The broad rocket-leav'd sea crambe... The narrower-leav'd, rocket-like sea crambe.

1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants 15 Base-rocket, from its rocket-like leaves, and lowly growth.

1996 Guardian 3 Feb. (Weekend Suppl.) 40/1 You need at least two, if not three, packets of rocket seed.

单词	rocket-like
释义	rocket-likeadj.adv. Brit. /ˈrɒkᵻtlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈrɑkətˌlaɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rocket n.⁵, -like suffix. Etymology: < rocket n.⁵ + -like suffix. A. adj. Characteristic of or resembling a rocket. ΚΠ 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 399/1 Compare the pure and steady lustre of his elevation, to the rocket-like abberrations [sic] and perturbed blaze of their still uncertain course. 1915 J. Buchan Nelson's Hist. War V. 25 The bombers..seizing one of these rocket-like bombs from their belts..hurl them high above the parapet. 1945 K. Tynan Let. 5 June (1994) i. 79 The tousled, haggard figure who dashed home in a series of jerky, rocket-like spurts. 1993 Dog World Nov. 18/2 His team blazed along the trail through Sandwich Notch, passing others with rocketlike speed. B. adv. Like a rocket. ΚΠ 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics I. iv. ii. 126 Up mounts speculation, rocket-like. 1952 S. Spender Learning Laughter 38 There was a screen of cypress trees with the column of one palm tree in their midst, bursting rocket-like at the apex. 2006 O. Steinhauer in Dublin Noir iii. 130 We'd pour vodka on the dorm floor and set it alight or spark a match at the mouth of a bottle and watch it shoot, rocket-like, down the corridor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas rocket-like C1. General attributive and in compounds, as rocket-seed; rocket-like, rocket-leaved adjs. ΚΠ 1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. lxxxi. f. 54, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe Some woulde giue him Onyons and Roket seede to drinke with wyne. 1661 N. Culpeper Pharmacopœia Londinensis 18/1 Rocket seed, provokes urine. 1709 J. Marten Gonosologium Novum i. 39 Administer sharp aromatick and cephalick Medicines, such as Castor, Pepper, Mustard, Watercresses, Rocket-Seed, &c. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Crambe The broad rocket-leav'd sea crambe... The narrower-leav'd, rocket-like sea crambe. 1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants 15 Base-rocket, from its rocket-like leaves, and lowly growth. 1996 Guardian 3 Feb. (Weekend Suppl.) 40/1 You need at least two, if not three, packets of rocket seed. extracted from rocketn.⁴ < adj.adv.1820 as lemmas
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rocket-likeadj.adv.

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