Uttal

  • UK:
    • IPA: /ˈskaɪˌɹɒk.ɪt/
Översättning
Substantiv
1.signalraket
2.eldgilja
3.raket {en}
Verb
4.skjuta i höjden
5.stiga våldsamt

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. A type of firework that uses a solid rocket engine to rise quickly into the sky where it emits a variety of effects such as stars, bangs, crackles, etc.
  2. (by extension) A rebuke, a scolding.
  3. (rhyming slang) Pocket.

Verb

  1. To increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.

Exempel

  • Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.
  • The shortage caused prices to skyrocket.
  • We’ll hopefully see the number of patched DNS servers skyrocket in the next few days.
  • sales to skyrocket this year

Böjningsformer

Perfektparticipskyrocketed
Imperfektskyrocketed
Presensparticipskyrocketing
Pluralskyrockets
Tredje person singular indicativ presensskyrockets

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