give a rocket

give somebody a rocket

(British & Australian informal)

to speak angrily to someone about something that they have done (often + for + doing sth) My mum gave me a rocket for tearing my new jeans. (British & Australian informal)

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nandag	-	Scottish
Arsenio	ahr-SE-nyo (Spanish, Italian)	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Katlego	-	Southern African, Tswana
Edvard	ED-vahrd (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Slovene, Czech, Armenian
Yusra	-	Arabic
Marciane	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)