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.
- After the game, the Jets formally complained to the league.
- 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.
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