rocket ship

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noun

a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.

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rocket launcher, rocket propulsion, rocket salad, rocket science, rocket scientist, rocket ship, rocket sled, rocket-propelled, rocketeer, rocketry, rocketsonde

Origin of rocket ship

First recorded in 1925–30

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Examples from the Web for rocket ship

From here they could see beneath the bows of the rocket-ship.
Invasion|William Fitzgerald Jenkins
Second, to stand by at a distance until the rocket-ship is launched, then to escort it back to the Earth.
Spacehounds of IPC|Edward Elmer Smith
It had built a rocket-ship ostensibly for the establishment of a colony on Mars.
Operation: Outer Space|William Fitzgerald Jenkins
The air fleet would be trying to communicate through it with the Martians they believed were in the rocket-ship.
Invasion|William Fitzgerald Jenkins

He flung open the outer door of the rocket-ship, and Sylva went to him.
Invasion|William Fitzgerald Jenkins