rocket ship

noun

: a rocket-propelled spaceship

Examples of rocket ship in a Sentence

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The Blue Devils are on a rocket ship, and most of the ACC isn’t equipped to even try to slow them down. Cj Moore, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025 The world of agents and managers is known for producing wunderkinds, phenoms barely out of school who ride rocket ships from the mailroom to the corner office and beyond. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025 The solution teems with bacteriophages, viruses resembling tiny rocket ships. Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 31 Dec. 2024 SpaceX has proven to be a pathbreaking effort to build commercial rocket ships. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rocket ship

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rocket ship was in 1927

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“Rocket ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rocket%20ship. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

rocket ship

noun
: a spaceship driven by rockets
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