rocket jump

noun

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

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Meanings

nounrocket jump (plural rocket jumps)

plural rocket jumps

  1. video gamesA jump performed by blasting a rocket launcher in close proximity to one's character.
verbrocket jump (third-person singular simple present rocket jumps, present participle rocket jumping, simple past and past participle rocket jumped)

present singular third person rocket jumps · participle present rocket jumping · participle past rocket jumped · past rocket jumped

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

    Be advised that rocket-jumping is very painful. It's inadvisable to attempt it […]

    2003, Doug Radcliffe, Halo - Combat Evolved: Sybex Official Strategies and Secrets
    2 more examples

    Ideally, we don't want to test for rocket jumping directly, instead letting the evolution discover rockets as the best approach […]

    2004, Alex J Champandard, AI Game Development

    This technique now arrives almost subliminally for Quake players, but rocket jumping has long been recognized as one of Quake's key skills.

    2008, Jim Rossignol, This Gaming Life

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with rocket jump

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APA

rocket jump. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rocket%20jump

MLA

“rocket jump.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rocket%20jump. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rocket jump,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rocket%20jump.

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