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Meaning of jet in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions
  3. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  4. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /dʒɛt/

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  1. Verb

    jet

    Definitions

    1. issue in a jet

    Examples

    • « come out in a jet »
    • « stream or spring forth »
    • « Water jetted forth »
    • « flames were jetting out of the building »

    Derived terms

    • fountain
    • gusher
    • spirt
    • spurt
    • squirt
  2. 2. fly a jet plane

    Derived terms

    • jet-propelled plane
    • jet plane
  3. Classifying Adjective

    jet

    Definitions

    1. of the blackest black

    Examples

    • « similar to the color of jet or coal »

    Synonyms

    • achromatic
  4. Noun

    jet

    Etymology

    late 16th century (as a verb meaning ‘jut out’): from French jeter‘to throw’, based on Latin jactare, frequentative of jacere‘to throw’

    Definitions

    1. an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
  5. 2. the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

    Derived terms

    • eject
    • force out
    • gush
    • spirt
    • spout
    • spurt
    • squeeze out
    • squirt
  6. 3. a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewellery or ornamentation
  7. 4. street names for ketamine
  8. 5. an artificially produced flow of water

    Derived terms

    • gush

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    Molly Sims
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    Marc Jacobs
  • « If the human race wants to go to hell in a basket, technology can help it get there by jet. »
    Charles Mengel Allen

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