Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rocketed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
An old cock pheasant came rocketing over me. --H. R.
Haggard.
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