jet

[Jet]

A jet is an airplane that can rapidly travel long distances. To jet is the act of getting somewhere quickly, by jet or any other way, as in, "Do you see what time it is? We better jet!"

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Same as 2d Get.

Noun
an artificially produced flow of water

Noun
an airplane powered by one or more jet engines

Noun
street names for ketamine

Noun
the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

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

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Verb
issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth; "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building"

Verb
fly a jet plane

Adjective S.
of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

n.
Same as 2d Get.

n.
A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber.

n.
A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet.

n.
Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.

n.
The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.

v. i.
To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.

v. i.
To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.

v. i.
To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.

v. t.
To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.

Jet

Jet , n. Same as 2d Get. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Jet

Jet, n. [OF. jet, jayet, F. ja'8bet, jais, L. gagates, fr. Gr. ; -- so called from or , a town and river in Lycia.] [written also jeat, jayet.] A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber. Jet ant (Zo'94l.), a blackish European ant (Formica fuliginosa), which builds its nest of a paperlike material in the trunks of trees.

Jet

Jet, n. [F. jet, OF. get, giet, L. jactus a throwing, a throw, fr. jacere to throw. Cf. Abject, Ejaculate, Gist, Jess, Jut.] 1. A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet. 2. Drift; scope; range, as of an argument. [Obs.] 3. The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold. Knight. Jet propeller (Naut.), a device for propelling vessels by means of a forcible jet of water ejected from the vessel, as by a centrifugal pump. -- Jet pump, a device in which a small jet of steam, air, water, or other fluid, in rapid motion, lifts or otherwise moves, by its impulse, a larger quantity of the fluid with which it mingles.

Jet

Jet, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jetted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Jetting.] [F. jeter, L. jactare, freq. fr. jacere to throw. See 3d Jet, and cf. Jut.] 1. To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude. [Obs.]

he jets under his advanced plumes!

To jet upon a prince's right.

2. To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken. [Obs.] Wiseman. 3. To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.

Jet

Jet, v. t. To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.

A dozen angry models jetted steam.

Same as 2d Get.

A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber.

A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet.

To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.

To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.

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Usage Examples

Now my dad is with me, traveling with me and a big part of this whole thing is I like to mix it up a little bit, you know. Who gets to take their father on a private jet across the country and stay in first class hotels? So we're enjoying it, but I'd stop if it's not possible.

Jackie Chan is a very good comedy/martial arts star. He does one kind of martial arts that Jet Li doesn't know how to do and Jet Li does a martial art that Jackie Chan doesn't know how to do. You can both go to two Chinese restaurants, but both can have different kinds of food.

I was always getting run-down from jet lag and being in strange towns where I didn't speak the language or know what the food was like.

Jet was very busy. I've been inspired by a lot of his movies.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

The blood jet is poetry and there is no stopping it.

This would only come if you have a revolutionary change in technology like the jet brought about.

If the human race wants to go to hell in a basket, technology can help it get there by jet.

I mean, I'd love to have a private jet - I know people who fly by private jet all the time... I've hitched a ride a few times and it is not overrated at all it's a great way to travel!

Everything has been homogenized. Over time, with television and jet travel, everybody has blended together. Some of our wonderful charm has been lost.