Rocket-airplane
noun
1.
an airplane propelled wholly or mainly by a rocket engine.
2.
a military airplane armed with rockets.
Read Also:
- Rocket-bomb
noun 1. an aerial bomb equipped with a rocket for added velocity after being dropped from an aircraft. 2. (loosely) any rocket-propelled missile launched from the ground.
- Rocketed
noun 1. any of various simple or complex tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, carrying a lifeline, hurling explosives at an enemy, putting a space vehicle into orbit, etc. 2. a space capsule or vehicle put into orbit […]
- Rocketeer
noun 1. a person who discharges, rides in, or pilots a rocket. 2. a technician or scientist whose work pertains to rocketry. noun 1. an engineer or scientist concerned with the design, operation, or launching of rockets
- Rocket-engine
noun 1. a reaction engine that produces a thrust due to an exhaust consisting entirely of material, as oxidizer, fuel, and inert matter, that has been carried with the engine in the vehicle it propels, none of the propellant being derived from the medium through which the vehicle moves. rocket engine noun 1. a reaction […]
- Rocket-gun
noun 1. any weapon that uses a rocket as a projectile, as a rocket launcher or bazooka.