jet
IPA: dʒˈɛt
noun
- A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
- A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.
- (aviation) A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.
- An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.
- A turbine.
- A rocket engine.
- A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.
- (physics) A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon.
- (dated) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
- (printing, dated) The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.
- (mineralogy) A hard, black form of coal, sometimes used in jewellery.
- (color) The colour of jet coal, deep grey.
- (uncountable) A town in Oklahoma.
- (countable) A unisex given name.
- Acronym of Journal of Evolution and Technology.
verb
- (intransitive) To spray out of a container.
- (transitive) To spray with liquid from a container.
- (intransitive) To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion
- (intransitive) To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around
- To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
- To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
- To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
- To adjust the fuel to air ratio of a carburetor; to install or adjust a carburetor jet
- (slang, intransitive) To leave; depart.
adjective
- Propelled by turbine engines.
- Very dark black in colour.
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Examples of "jet" in Sentences
- He saw a jet in the sky and screamed.
- The jets explode and crash to the ground.
- The jet prolongation of is the map defined by.
- The Fargo Moorhead Jets are approved for dormancy.
- This shows the inertia of the fuel in the jet well.
- As in going around like a jet is a disguise, a deception.
- After the game, the Jets formally complained to the league.
- When was the term "jet set" widely believed to have been coined?
- Allegiant will utilize 150 seat, MD 80 series jet aircraft on the route.
- The flight crew then disembarked the jet to use facilities in the terminal.
- At the bottom of the sawmill, there are jets and water spouts to play with.
- Technology could allow backup pilots to take control of a passenger jet from the ground.
- And then overhead, we have very fast winds into the higher levels of the atmosphere, what we call the jet stream.
- This type of crime can be handled under the old maritime laws, and his attempt to blow up the jet is similar to an attempted act of piracy on the seas.
- We're going to have to wait until sunset and those flames will start to settle down because the winds will start to settle down, as what we call the jet stream decouples from the atmosphere.
- Billowy sleeves, sexy open backs, deep ruffles in jet black and gem tones, elegant satins and chiffons, fur vests and skirts for spring and a distinctly retro silhouette all contributed to the grand, theatrical whole.
- Inside of 40 years, from World War I to the Korean conflict, pilots went from shooting at each other with pistols from propeller-driven biplanes to dueling with cannons and missiles in jet aircraft moving faster than sound.
- A sensible libertarian would look at your suggestion that Oprah's jet is a poor use of resources when some people don't have adequate medical care and be opposed to that level of suggested redistribution, but be comfortable with funding the court system.
- "If we can do that [commercialize biofuels for aviation], that gives our customers an alternative supply of fuel, and hopefully we could smooth out some of the spikes in jet fuel prices and allow airline operators to be more financially stable," Mr. Bryant said.