Rocket scientist

//ˌɹɒkɪt ˈsaɪəntɪst// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An aerospace engineer. informal

    "Rocket scientists have calculated that a velocity of seven miles per second, or approximately 25,000 miles per hour, would be necessary for a rocket to escape the earth's gravity."

  2. 2
    an engineer who builds and tests rockets wordnet
  3. 3
    One qualified to handle or understand things which are very complex or confusing; a very intelligent person. excessive, idiomatic, informal

    "You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see that that idea won’t work."

  4. 4
    a clever thinker wordnet

Etymology

From rocket + scientist.

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