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Rockettes

Rockettes

11 7.1
A famous American dance group that dances together with high kicks at Radio City Music Hall in New York
  • proper noun
  • /ˈrɒkɛts/
: Rockettes
  • Next week, I'll be watching the famous Rockettes perform their iconic high-kick routine at Radio City Music Hall.
  • Radio City Rockettes
  • Radio City Rockettes
  • New York Rockettes

She drew a picture of herself with her name and says New York City Rockettes.

Examples

  • The lights, the gifts, and above all, the Rockettes.

    Life Itself (2018)

  • I wonder why they didn't have the Rockettes' choreographer as one of the judges?

    Blog text (4)

  • So we're going to the Rockettes tonight, right?

  • I'll be back next week to see the Rockettes... and maybe could I come down and stay the night like we did last time?

    Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023)

  • A week passed, and all too soon it was Saturday and time to face the Rockettes.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The purpose of this press conference is to welcome the Rockettes to Hartford.

  • I can understand your viewpoint, but the Rockettes are a great tourist attraction, too.

    Blog text (4)

  • The Rockettes are here.

    Happy Gilmore 2 (2025)

  • Different parts of the brain begin oscillating in unison like the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall.

    Academic text (2010)

  • So obsessed with the Rockettes was Abby that every year, every single year, her parents would have to drive her into town to watch the Rockettes perform.

    Life Itself (2018)

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Rockettes looks like rocket + -ette, where -ette means 'small'. A helpful way to remember the famous dance group is to think of 'little rockets' because they move fast, shine on stage, and kick in perfect lines.