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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 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

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

(Aut) → gicleur m;

(Aviat) → avion m à réaction, jet m

jet [dʒɛt] n → Strahl m;

(Aviat) → Düsenflugzeug nt;

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

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.gitنوع من الفَحْم شَديد السَّوادчерен кехлибарgagát; gagátovýgagatder Gagat; Gagat-...γαγάτης (ορυκτό)azabachepigisüsiکهربای سیاهgagaatti(de) jaisעֲשוּי מִמחצָב שָׁחוֹר וְקָשֶהकृष्णाश्म, संगमूसाahatszurokszén; gagátbatu hitamsvartarafgiavazzo黒玉흑옥; 흑옥(색)의gagatasahāts; ahāta-jetgitjettgagatazeviche(de) lignitгагатčierny jantár; z čierneho jantárugagatgagatkolsvartแร่สีดำมันเงาใช้ทำเครื่องเพชรพลอยkara kehribar, siyah amber黑玉；黑色大理石制的гагат, чорний янтарسنگ موسیhạt huyền黑玉；黑色大理石制的

adj ˌjet-ˈblack

very black jet-black hair.gitswart, pikswartسَبَج، شديد السَّوادкатранено черенčerný jako uhelgagatsortpechschwarzκατάμαυροςnegro como el azabachepigimustسیاه براق و بسیار تیرهpikimustanoir de jaisשָׁחוֹר מְאוֹד וָּמברִיקबहुत कालाcrn poput ahatakoromfeketehitam legamkolsvarturcorvinoまっ黒の새까만juodas kaip smalaspoži melnshitam berkilatgitzwartkullsvartkruczoczarnypreto-azevichenegru ca tăciuneleчёрный как смольčierny ako uhoľbleščeče črnveoma crnkolsvartดำสนิท; ดำปี๋kapkara, simsiyah烏黑發亮的чорний, як смолаگہرا سیاہđen nhánh乌黑发亮的