skyrocket

Plural: skyrockets

Noun

• propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
• sends a firework display high into the sky
• 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.
• A rebuke, a scolding.
• pocket.

Verb

• shoot up abruptly, like a rocket
  • "prices skyrocketed"
• To rise or increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.
• To cause to increase suddenly and extremely.

Examples

• The shortage caused prices to skyrocket.

Synonyms

rocket, maroon

Antonyms

plummet