bottle rocket en · NOUN
Meanings
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A small skyrocket that can be launched from an empty bottle.
Giggling children hid in the ditches and shot bottle rockets in front and behind them as they walked past; the sparks shot through the air like manic, fizzing fireflies.
2008, Jesmyn Ward, Where the Line Bleeds, Bloomsbury (2018), page 158:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bottle rockets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |