[
UK
/dʒˈɛt/
]
[ US /ˈdʒɛt/ ]
[ US /ˈdʒɛt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
NOUN
- an artificially produced flow of water
- a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation
- an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
- the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward
- street names for ketamine
VERB
- fly a jet plane
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issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth
Water jetted forth
flames were jetting out of the building
How To Use jet In A Sentence
- The blame for this month's wet weather lies with the jet stream winds a few miles high. Times, Sunday Times
- Rampant Victoriana tends to be a bit too fussy for me, but there were some lovely bits of jet and marcasite jewelry that called my name. Runaway, Jersey-style
- The engine on the X-51, called a supersonic-combustion ramjet, or "scramjet," pulls off a couple of especially tricky tasks. When Supersonic Is Just Too Slow
- Concorde was the first supersonic passenger jet - capable of flying faster than the speed of sound. Times, Sunday Times
- It was part of Rolls-Royce, one of the world's largest manufacturers of jet engines, which grew out of the original car-making company founded by Henry Rolls.
- The fact that your name adorned a jet over the skies over Afghanistan solidifies the bond all of us in the military share with the American people. CNN Transcript Mar 17, 2002
- The lightship has had uplighters added to its fore and aft masts with lighting units added around its deck and jetty.
- Here's a good one - a survey to see if birds are afraid of heights or get jet lag on long flights. The Sun
- Travolta is a licensed jet pilot and owns a Learjet.
- The straw that broke the camel's back was "jete" - which I said was a ballet term, from the French. Archive 2009-01-01
