Definition of 'jet'

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jet

(dʒet )

Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense jets , present participle jetting , past tense, past participle jetted

1. countable noun [oft by NOUN]

A jet is an aircraft that is powered by jet engines.

Her private jet landed in the republic on the way to Japan.

He had arrived from Jersey by jet.

...America's first jet aircraft.

Synonyms: plane, aircraft, aeroplane, airplane [US, Canadian] More Synonyms of jet

2. See also jump jet

3. verb

If you jet somewhere, you travel there in a fast plane.

They will be jetting off on a two-week holiday in America. [VERB adverb/preposition]

They spend a great deal of time jetting around the world. [VERB adverb/preposition]

Synonyms: fly, wing, cruise, soar More Synonyms of jet

4. countable noun

A jet of liquid or gas is a strong, fast, thin stream of it.

A jet of water poured through the windows. [+ of]

5. uncountable noun

Jet is a hard black stone that is used in jewellery.

More Synonyms of jet

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jet in British 1

(dʒɛt )

noun

a thin stream of liquid or gas forced out of a small aperture or nozzle

an outlet or nozzle for emitting such a stream

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

to issue or cause to issue in a jet

water jetted from the hose

he jetted them with water

to transport or be transported by jet aircraft

Word origin of 'jet'

C16: from Old French jeter to throw, from Latin jactāre to toss about, frequentative of jacere to throw

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jet in British 2

(dʒɛt )

noun

a hard black variety of coal that takes a brilliant polish and is used for jewellery, ornaments, etc

(as modifier)

jet earrings

Word origin of 'jet'

C14: from Old French jaiet, from Latin gagātēs, from Greek lithos gagatēs stone of Gagai, a town in Lycia, Asia Minor

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JET in British

(dʒɛt )

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 in American 1

(dʒɛt ; jet)

verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈjetted or ˈjetting

to spout, gush, or shoot out in a stream, as liquid or gas

to travel or convey by jet airplane

noun

a stream of liquid or gas emitted or forced out, as from a spout

a spout or nozzle for emitting a stream of water or gas

a jet-propelled airplane

: in full, jet (air)plane

adjective

jet-propelled

of or having to do with jet propulsion or jet-propelled aircraft

the jet age

Word origin of 'jet'

< MFr jeter, to throw < OFr < VL *jectare, for L jactare, freq. of jacere, to throw < IE base *yē-, to throw, do > Gr hienai, to set in motion, throw, send

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jet in American 2

(dʒɛt ; jet)

noun

a hard, black variety of lignite, which takes a high polish: sometimes used in jewelry

: also called jet coal

a deep, lustrous black

adjective

made of jet

black like jet

Word origin of 'jet'

ME get < OFr jaiet < L gagates < Gr gagatēs, jet, after Gagas, town and river in Lycia, Asia Minor

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jet in Automotive Engineering

(dʒɛt)

Word forms: (regular plural) jets

noun

(Automotive engineering: Vehicle components, Engine, transmission, and exhaust)

A jet is a hole through which liquid can pass at a controlled rate, as in a carburetor.

You can enrich the output from the carburetor jet.

Air and fuel are mixed in the carburetor and sent out through a jet as a high-pressure spray.

The fuel is metered into the incoming air stream from a single jet.

Example sentences containing 'jet'

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