rocket ship

American  

noun

1. a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.

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Etymology

Origin of rocket ship

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

It feels like the rocket ship has really taken off.

From Los Angeles Times

“The cycle at this point is not a rocket ship and much of the upside is short lead-time orders,” meaning there’s limited visibility into what trends may look like down the line and whether demand has simply been pulled forward to the present day, to the detriment of future results.

From MarketWatch

Working together in 1980s Wall Street, Lewis and Rubin were crew mates on a rocket ship.

From The Wall Street Journal

The risk that January evening was from an experimental SpaceX rocket ship that exploded minutes after liftoff.

From The Wall Street Journal

So unless there’s an ICE rocket ship we don’t know about, these are just blatant falsifications.

From Slate