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rocket scientist
Word definitions for rocket scientist in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Well, Andrew Dequasie was a rocket scientist of a sort.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rocket scientist \Rock"et sci"en*tist\, n. a very intelligent person; -- used mostly in the phrases: ``you don't have to be a rocket scientist to . . .'' and ``it doesn't take a rocket scientist to . . .'', meaning that the ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a clever thinker; "you do not have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out" an engineer who builds and tests rockets [syn: rocket engineer ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context countable English) a colloquial term for an astronautical engineer 2 (context countable idiomatic English) Someone qualified to understand or handle that which is overly complex, detailed or confusing; a genius.
Usage examples of rocket scientist.
And with special thanks to Jeff Mitchell, a real rocket scientist.
I mean you don't have to be a rocket scientist to be a rocket scientist.
He resembled Streffan Mirov, the brilliant Brungarian rocket scientist who had tried to oust Tom's expedition from the phantom satellite Nestria.
The rocket scientist needed all the pampering he could get, and, with the war on, he couldn't get much.