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bottle rocket

bottle rocket noun: a small skyrocket that can be launched from an empty bottle.

Noun

bottle rocket (plural bottle rockets)

  1. A small skyrocket that can be launched from an empty bottle.
    • Giggling children hid in the ditches and shot bottle rockets in front and behind them as they walked past; the sparks shot through the air like manic, fizzing fireflies.2008, Jesmyn Ward, Where the Line Bleeds, Bloomsbury (2018), page 158

Forms of bottle rocket

pluralbottle rockets

Questions about bottle rocket

What does bottle rocket mean?
Bottle rocket means a small skyrocket that can be launched from an empty bottle.
What part of speech is bottle rocket?
Bottle rocket is a noun.
What is the plural of bottle rocket?
The plural of bottle rocket is bottle rockets.

Words near bottle rocket in the dictionary

  1. bottle palm
  2. bottle parties
  3. bottle party
  4. bottle rat
  5. bottle rats
  6. bottle rocket
  7. bottle rockets
  8. bottle sedge
  9. bottle sedges
  10. bottle service
  11. bottle share

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