crotch rocket
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- noun
- /krɒtʃ ˈrɒkɪt/
- Slang
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- She revved the engine of her new crotch rocket before speeding off down the highway.
Examples
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Hey, Dale, nice crotch rocket!
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- You're gonna need more than that crotch rocket.
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Seen three bikers and a chick on a couple of crotch rockets in the last hour?
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When I was a teenager, I wanted a crotch rocket, but I knew if I did go and buy one, if the bike didn't kill me, my mother would.
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Anyway, I'm sure you can come up with some of your own reasons why Justin should avoid this ridiculously dangerous crotch rocket; the smallest little mistake and you become what the cops call "a busted melon head."
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The rider expertly maneuvered his crotch rocket through the winding mountain roads.
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Many motorcycle enthusiasts prefer a crotch rocket for its speed and agility on the track.
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Morphology
crotch + rocket
The compound combines 'rocket' (a fast projectile, metaphor for speed) with 'crotch' (a body location); a learner who knows both words could plausibly infer something very fast associated with the crotch area. However, identifying that the referent is a high-performance motorcycle is slang- and culture-specific rather than strictly compositional, so the meaning is only partially predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
The slang term crotch rocket may come from the rider's position: riders lean forward so their crotch is near the fuel tank and the bike points ahead like a rocket. That's why the phrase means 'a very fast, powerful motorcycle'.