Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rocket jump

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables: rock-et jump
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A jump performed by blasting a rocket launcher in close proximity to one's character.

verb

To perform a jump by blasting a rocket launcher in close proximity to one's character.

Example Sentences

"Be advised that rocket-jumping is very painful. It's inadvisable to attempt it […]"
"Ideally, we don't want to test for rocket jumping directly, instead letting the evolution discover rockets as the best approach […]"
"This technique now arrives almost subliminally for Quake players, but rocket jumping has long been recognized as one of Quake's key skills."

Inflected Forms

rocket jumps (plural) rocket jumps (present, singular) rocket jumping (participle, present) rocket jumped (participle, past) rocket jumped (past)

Frequently Paired Words

grenade jump

Rhymes With

trump jump pump dump bump lump elbow bump turbine pump stump hump slump plump

Questions

What does rocket jump mean?: A jump performed by blasting a rocket launcher in close proximity to one's character.

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