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)
See also: give, rocket

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AdamA-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
ZoroasterZAWR-ə-as-tər (English)History