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
Adam	A-dəm (English), a-DAWN (French), AH-dahm (German, Polish), AH:-dahm (Dutch), ah-DAHM (Russian, Ukrainian)	English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainia
TeodÓSio	-	Portuguese
Sarkis	-	Armenian
Domingo	[dəu'mi:ŋgəu]
Ashok	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali
Zoroaster	ZAWR-ə-as-tər (English)	History