Jet Definition

jĕt
jets, jetted, jetting, jettest
noun
jets
A stream of liquid or gas emitted or forced out, as from a spout.
Webster's New World
A hard, black variety of lignite, which takes a high polish: sometimes used in jewelry.
Webster's New World
A spout or nozzle for emitting a stream of water or gas.
Webster's New World
A deep, lustrous black.
Webster's New World
A jet-propelled airplane.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
jettest
Jet-propelled.
Webster's New World
Made of or resembling a dense, black, highly polished coal.
American Heritage
Made of jet.
Webster's New World
Black like jet.
Webster's New World
Of or having to do with jet propulsion or jet-propelled aircraft.
The jet age.
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Antonyms:
verb
jets, jetted, jetting
To spout, gush, or shoot out in a stream, as liquid or gas.
Webster's New World
To travel or convey by jet airplane.
Webster's New World
To move very quickly.
American Heritage
To propel outward or squirt, as under pressure.
American Heritage
(intransitive) To spray out of a container.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Jet

Noun

Singular:
jet
Plural:
jets

Adjective

Base Form:
jet
Superlative:
jettest

Origin of Jet

  • French from Old French from jeter to spout forth, throw from Vulgar Latin iectāre alteration of Latin iactāre frequentative of iacere to throw yē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French jet, Old French get, giet, Latin iactus (“a throwing, a throw”), from iacere (“to throw”). See abject, ejaculate, gist, jess, jut.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Old French / French jet, jayet, Latin gagates after Ancient Greek Γαγάτης (Gagatēs), from Γάγας (Gagas, “a town and river in Lycia”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Anglo-Norman geet from Latin gagātēs from Greek after Gagas , a town of Lycia

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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