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rocketer

rocketer noun: a bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket.

Noun

rocketer (plural rocketers)

  1. A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket.
    • To see a real workman knocking down rocketer after rocketer at a height which would be considered impossible by half the men who go but shooting is to witness an exhibition of skill and correct timing which can only be attained by the most assiduous practice and the quickest of eyes.1918, J. Arthur Gibbs, A Cotswold Village

Forms of rocketer

pluralrocketers

Origin of rocketer

From rocket + -er.

Questions about rocketer

What does rocketer mean?
Rocketer means a bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket.
What part of speech is rocketer?
Rocketer is a noun.
What is the plural of rocketer?
The plural of rocketer is rocketers.

Words near rocketer in the dictionary

  1. rocketborne
  2. rocketed
  3. rocketed up
  4. rocketeer
  5. rocketeers
  6. rocketer
  7. rocketers
  8. rocketh
  9. rocketing
  10. rocketing up
  11. rocketless

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