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  • noun A rocket-powered spacecraft.

Etymologies

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rocket +‎ ship

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Examples

  • For the Houston Rockets, the word rocketship took on a whole new meaning on Wednesday.

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  • For the Houston Rockets, the word rocketship took on a whole new meaning on Wednesday.

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  • 4 Comments - “Space Girl of the Cosmos” - Comments Feed natedog (UID#1905) on November 10th, 2009 at 11: 33 am phallic rocketship is phallic

    Space Girl of the Cosmos | My[confined]Space 2009

  • Please quote the code phrase "rocketship" in your bid to show that you have read and can follow these instructions. their projects.

    GetAFreelancer.com New Projects 2009

  • I keep hoping the rocketship will drain the power from the Suckmonkey, but it hasn't happened yet.

    shit! gravity works! aliettedb 2010

  • Virgin Galactic, which is using Mr. Rutan's rocketship design, originally suggested it could begin taking passengers up for thrill rides at the edge of space as early as 2008.

    Amazon Chief's Spaceship Misfires Andy Pasztor 2011

  • After the liquor store dude had his rocketship outfitted for serious badass adventures, he went to the animal rescue and picked himself up a really cool black dog named Custer.

    Happy Monkey Holocaust Mike Lynch 2011

  • The trio of projects, all started within the past decade, roughly coincided with the success of SpaceShipOne, a rocketship designed by legendary aerospace engineer Burt Rutan , which won international acclaim as the first privately funded craft to reach space.

    Amazon Chief's Spaceship Misfires Andy Pasztor 2011

  • Instead, they climbed safely out of the rocketship and had a couple of beers while they assessed their crummy situation.

    Happy Monkey Holocaust Mike Lynch 2011

  • The weather was very pleasant, and there were all sorts of island people who were lingering around and trying to figure out why a rocketship had crashed on their island.

    Happy Monkey Holocaust Mike Lynch 2011

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