rocket-propelled

1. 1.

   propelled by (or as if propelled by) a rocket engine

Questions about rocket-propelled

What does rocket-propelled mean?

rocket-propelled means "propelled by (or as if propelled by) a rocket engine".

How many syllables are in rocket-propelled?

rocket-propelled has 4 syllables and divides as roc-ket--propel-led under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is rocket-propelled a common word?

rocket-propelled is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.