rocketing
adjective
[ ˈrɒkɪtɪŋ ]
• (of an amount, price, etc.) increasing very rapidly and suddenly.
• "rocketing house prices"
rocket
verb
• (of an amount, price, etc.) increase very rapidly and suddenly.
• "sales of milk in supermarkets are rocketing"
Similar:
shoot up,
soar,
increase rapidly,
rise rapidly,
escalate,
spiral upwards,
go through the ceiling,
go through the roof,
skyrocket,
• attack with rocket-propelled missiles.
• "the city was rocketed and bombed from the air"
Origin:
early 17th century: from French roquette, from Italian rocchetto, diminutive of rocca ‘distaff (for spinning)’, with reference to its cylindrical shape.
