From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun] [wp]
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 star s, bang s, crackle s, etc.
2. [en] A rebuke, a scolding.
3. [en] pocket .
**** Synonyms
- [type of firework] [en]
**** Translations
[type of firework]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Russian: [ru]
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[slang: rebuke, scolding]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [colloquial] [fr]
[trans-bottom]
[pocket]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To rise or increase suddenly and extremely ; to shoot up ; to surge or spike .
2. * {{ quote-journal | en
|date=2013-03 |author=David S. Senchina |title=Athletics and Herbal
Supplements |volume=101 |issue=2 |page=134 |magazine=w:American Scientist
|url=http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2013/2/athletics-and-herbal-supplements
|passage=Athletes' use of herbal supplements has SKYROCKETED in the past two
decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng,
whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging
in popularity or have been historically prevalent. |accessdate=10 May 2013
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516202757/http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2013/2/athletics-and-herbal-supplements
|archivedate=16 May 2013}}
1. * [en]
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
7. [en] To cause to increase suddenly and extremely.
8. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2014 | author=Carrie Denny | title=The Bride's Instruction Manual | page=117
|passage=This is an area you'll have to work out in precise detail, as it's
the area most likely to SKYROCKET your costs—or, without careful planning,
leave you with thirsty guests.}}
**** Antonyms
- [en]
**** Translations
[to increase suddenly and extremely]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Cebuano: [ceb]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] ; [fi] [informal]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
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[en] Category:Australian rhyming slang