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Jet

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Noun

1. jet, jet plane, jet-propelled plane

an airplane powered by one or more jet engines

2. jet, spirt, spurt, squirt

the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

3. jet

a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation

4. blue jet, jet, reverse lightning

atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward

5. cat valium, green, honey oil, jet, k, special k, super acid, super c

street names for ketamine

6. fountain, jet

an artificially produced flow of water

Verb

7. gush, jet

issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth

Example Sentences:
'Water jetted forth'
'flames were jetting out of the building'

8. jet

fly a jet plane

Adjective

9. coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy, sooty

of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Jet

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noun
1. 
a thin stream of liquid or gas forced out of a small aperture or nozzle
2. 
an outlet or nozzle for emitting such a stream
3. 
a jet-propelled aircraft
4. astronomy
a long thin feature extending from an active galaxy and usually observed at radio wavelengths
verbWord forms: jets, jetting or jetted
5. 
to issue or cause to issue in a jet
water jetted from the hose
he jetted them with water
6. 
to transport or be transported by jet aircraft
noun
a. 
a hard black variety of coal that takes a brilliant polish and is used for jewellery, ornaments, etc
b. 
(as modifier)
jet earrings
noun acronym for
Joint European Torus; a tokamak plasma-containment device at Culham, Oxfordshire, for research into energy production by nuclear fusion

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Jet

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verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈjetted or ˈjetting
1. 
to spout, gush, or shoot out in a stream, as liquid or gas
2. 
to travel or convey by jet airplane
noun
3. 
a stream of liquid or gas emitted or forced out, as from a spout
4. 
a spout or nozzle for emitting a stream of water or gas
5. 
a jet-propelled airplane
: in full, jet (air)plane
adjective
6. 
jet-propelled
7. 
of or having to do with jet propulsion or jet-propelled aircraft
the jet age
noun
1. 
a hard, black variety of lignite, which takes a high polish: sometimes used in jewelry
: also called jet coal
2. 
a deep, lustrous black
adjective
3. 
made of jet
4. 
black like jet

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Jet

see synonyms of jet
n.
1. A dense black coal that takes a high polish and is used for jewelry.
2. A deep black.
adj.
1. Made of or resembling a dense, black, highly polished coal.
2. Black as coal; jet-black: jet hair.
n.
1.
a. A high-velocity fluid stream forced under pressure out of a small-diameter opening or nozzle.
b. An outlet, such as a nozzle, used for emitting such a stream.
c. Something emitted in or as if in a high-velocity fluid stream: "such myriad and such vivid jets of images" (Henry Roth).
2.
a. A jet-propelled vehicle, especially a jet-propelled aircraft.
b. A jet engine.
v. jet·ted, jet·ting, jets
v.intr.
1. To travel by jet aircraft: jetted from Houston to Los Angeles.
2. To move very quickly.
v.tr.
To propel outward or squirt, as under pressure: "Any man might ... hang around ... jetting tobacco juice" (Ross Lockridge, Jr.)

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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