skyrocket

Definition of Skyrocket in English :

1. rocket, skyrocket

propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon

2. rocket, skyrocket

sends a firework display high into the sky

3. rocket, skyrocket

shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

Example Sentences:
'prices skyrocketed'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Skyrocket

noun

1. another word for rocket1 (sense 1)

verb

2. (intransitive) informal

to rise rapidly, as in price

noun

1.

a fireworks rocket that explodes in midair in a shower of colored sparks

verb intransitive, verb transitive US

2.

to rise or cause to rise rapidly

meat prices skyrocketed

n.

A firework that ascends high into the air where it explodes in a brilliant cascade of flares and starlike sparks.

intr. & tr.v. sky·rock·et·ed, sky·rock·et·ing, sky·rock·ets

To rise or cause to rise rapidly and suddenly: Wheat prices skyrocketed. Discovery of oil here has skyrocketed land values.