rocketing

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rocketing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rocket \Rock"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rocketed; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Rocketing.] (Sporting)
     To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present
     participle or as an adjective. [Eng.]
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           An old cock pheasant came rocketing over me. --H. R.
                                                    Haggard.
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