jet

jet ¹  (jt)

n.

1. A dense black coal that takes a high polish and is used for jewelry.

2. A deep black.

adj.

1. Made of or resembling a dense, black, highly polished coal.

2. Black as coal; jet-black: jet hair.

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[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman geet, from Latin gagts, from Greek, after Gagas, a town of Lycia.]

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jet ²  (jt)

n.

1.

a. A high-velocity fluid stream forced under pressure out of a small-diameter opening or nozzle.

b. An outlet, such as a nozzle, used for emitting such a stream.

c. Something emitted in or as if in a high-velocity fluid stream: "such myriad and such vivid jets of images" (Henry Roth).

2.

a. A jet-propelled vehicle, especially a jet-propelled aircraft.

b. A jet engine.

v. jet·ted, jet·ting, jets

v.intr.

1. To travel by jet aircraft: jetted from Houston to Los Angeles.

2. To move very quickly.

v.tr.

To propel outward or squirt, as under pressure: "Any man might . . . hang around . . . jetting tobacco juice" (Ross Lockridge, Jr.)

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[French, from Old French, from jeter, to spout forth, throw, from Vulgar Latin *iectre, alteration of Latin iactre, frequentative of iacere, to throw; see y- in Indo-European roots.]

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jet ¹

Noun

1. an aircraft driven by jet propulsion

2. a thin stream of liquid or gas forced out of a small hole

3. an outlet or nozzle through which a stream of liquid or gas is forced

Verb

[jetting, jetted]

to travel by jet aircraft [Old French jeter to throw]

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jet ²

Noun

a hard black mineral that is polished and used in jewellery [Old French jaiet]

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jet  (jt)

1. A rapid stream of liquid or gas forced through a small opening or nozzle under pressure.

2. An aircraft or other vehicle propelled by one or more jet engines.

3. A jet engine.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jet - an airplane powered by one or more jet engines jet plane, jet-propelled plane aeroplane, airplane, plane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" fan-jet, fanjet, turbofan, turbojet - an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine jet engine - a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion jetliner - a large jet plane that carries passengers jumbo jet, jumbojet - a very large jet plane twinjet - a jet plane propelled by two jet engines
	2.	jet - the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) spirt, spurt, squirt outpouring, discharge, run - the pouring forth of a fluid spray - a jet of vapor spritz - a quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water)
	3.	jet - a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation brown coal, lignite, wood coal - intermediate between peat and bituminous coal
	4.	jet - atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward blue jet, reverse lightning atmospheric electricity - electrical discharges in the atmosphere
	5.	jet - street names for ketamine cat valium, honey oil, special K, super acid, super C, K, green Ketalar, ketamine, ketamine hydrochloride - a general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or pediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP
	6.	jet - an artificially produced flow of water fountain flow, flowing - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
Verb	1.	jet - issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth; "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building" gush course, flow, run, feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
	2.	jet - fly a jet plane air travel, aviation, air - travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" aviate, pilot, fly - operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba"
Adj.	1.	jet - of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal coal-black, jet-black, pitchy, sooty achromatic, neutral - having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"

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jet

noun 1. stream, current, spring, flow, rush, flood, burst, spray, fountain, cascade, gush, spurt, spout, squirt

verb 2. fly, wing, cruise, soar, zoom

verb 3. stream, course, issue, shoot, flow, rush, surge, spill, gush, emanated, spout, spew, squirt

Translations

jet [dʒɛt] n [of gas, liquid] → chorro;

(AVIAT) → avión m a reacción

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jet [dʒɛt] n [of gas, liquid] → jet m;

(Aut) → gicleur m;

(Aviat) → avion m à réaction, jet m

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jet [dʒɛt] n → Strahl m;

(Aviat) → Düsenflugzeug nt;

(Mineralogy, Jewellery) → Jett m or nt, Gagat m

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jet [dʒɛt] n [of gas, liquid] → getto;

(AUT) → spruzzatore m;

(AVIAT) → aviogetto

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jet¹

n / adj jet [dʒet]

(of) a hard black mineral substance, used for ornaments etc The beads are made of jet; a jet brooch. git نوع من الفَحْم شَديد السَّواد черен кехлибар gagát; gagátový gagat der Gagat; Gagat-... γαγάτης (ορυκτό) azabache pigisüsi کهربای سیاه gagaatti (de) jais עֲשוּי מִמחצָב שָׁחוֹר וְקָשֶה कृष्णाश्म, संगमूसा ahat szurokszén; gagát batu hitam svartaraf giavazzo 黒玉 흑옥; 흑옥(색)의 gagatas ahāts; ahāta- jet git jett gagat azeviche (de) lignit гагат čierny jantár; z čierneho jantáru gagat gagat kolsvart แร่สีดำมันเงาใช้ทำเครื่องเพชรพลอย kara kehribar, siyah amber 黑玉；黑色大理石制的 гагат, чорний янтар سنگ موسی hạt huyền 黑玉；黑色大理石制的

adj jet-ˈblack

very black jet-black hair. gitswart, pikswart سَبَج، شديد السَّواد катранено черен černý jako uhel gagatsort pechschwarz κατάμαυρος negro como el azabache pigimust سیاه براق و بسیار تیره pikimusta noir de jais שָׁחוֹר מְאוֹד וָּמברִיק बहुत काला crn poput ahata koromfekete hitam legam kolsvartur corvino まっ黒の 새까만 juodas kaip smala spoži melns hitam berkilat gitzwart kullsvart kruczoczarny preto-azeviche negru ca tăciunele чёрный как смоль čierny ako uhoľ bleščeče črn veoma crn kolsvart ดำสนิท; ดำปี๋ kapkara, simsiyah 烏黑發亮的 чорний, як смола گہرا سیاہ đen nhánh 乌黑发亮的