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Definitions for Jet

[1] a stream of a liquid, gas, or small solid particles forcefully shooting forth from a nozzle, orifice, etc.
[2] something that issues in such a stream, as water or gas.
[3] a spout or nozzle for emitting liquid or gas: a gas jet.
[4] jet plane.
[5] jet engine.
[6] to travel by jet plane: to jet to Las Vegas for the weekend.
[7] to move or travel by means of jet propulsion: The octopus jetted away from danger.
[8] to be shot forth in a stream.
[9] to move or travel rapidly: The star halfback jetted toward the goal line.
[10] to transport by jet plane: The nonstop service from New York will jet you to Tokyo in 13 hours.
[11] to shoot (something) forth in a stream; spout.
[12] to place (a pile or the like) by eroding the ground beneath it with a jet of water or of water and compressed air.
[13] of, relating to, or associated with a jet, jet engine, or jet plane: jet pilot; jet exhaust.
[14] in the form of or producing a jet or jet propulsion: jet nozzle.
[15] by means of a jet plane: a jet trip; jet transportation.
[16] a compact black coal, susceptible of a high polish, used for making beads, jewelry, buttons, etc.
[17] a deep black.
[18] Obsolete . black marble.
[19] consisting or made of jet.
[20] of the color jet; black as jet.
[21] a thin stream of liquid or gas forced out of a small aperture or nozzle
[22] an outlet or nozzle for emitting such a stream
[23] a jet-propelled aircraft
[24] astronomy a long thin feature extending from an active galaxy and usually observed at radio wavelengths
[25] to issue or cause to issue in a jet water jetted from the hose ; he jetted them with water
[26] to transport or be transported by jet aircraft
[27] a hard black variety of coal that takes a brilliant polish and is used for jewellery, ornaments, etc (as modifier ) jet earrings
[28] Joint European Torus; a tokamak plasma-containment device at Culham, Oxfordshire, for research into energy production by nuclear fusion

Words related to Jet

airplane, plane, zoom, midnight, dark, sable, ebony, obsidian, raven, stream, spring, spout, flow, spray, fountain, spurt, squirt, spritz, airbus, fly

Words nearby Jet

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Origin of Jet

21350–1400; Middle English jet, get < Old French jaiet ≪ Latin gagātēs < Greek (líthos ) gagā́tēs Gagatic (stone), named after Gágai, town in Lycia; compare obsolete gagate, Middle English, Old English gagātes < Latin, as above

Word origin for Jet

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

Synonyms for Jet

dark, ebony, midnight, obsidian, raven, sable, atramentous, bituminous, coal-black, ebon, inky, pitch-black, pitch-dark