Jet

/ˈd͡ʒɛt/ · noun

Meaning

A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc..

Definitions by Sense

1. A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
2. A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.
3. (aviation) A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.
4. An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.
5. A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.
6. (physics) A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon.
7. (dated) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
8. (printing, dated) The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.

Example Sentences

In the floor of the valley the line passes hills of fantastic shape, like sleeping camels and inverted washbasins, and you can see the beautiful lakes Naivasha and Elementeita; at Eburru jets of steam spurt out of the ground.

One of the other two nations to operate the F-35B, the United Kingdom, has had US versions of the jet operating off its HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier.

“Rather than writing off both jets as a loss … teams made a bold decision in 2022 to remove the nose from AF-27 and put it onto AF-211 to maximize savings and add back an operational aircraft to the fleet,” a report from the F-35 JPO said.

Farmers may either dip or jet sheep with chemicals.

The Town has the outer Branch of the River behind it, and the Harbour before it, jetting into which latter are cloſe Keys for the weighing and receiving of Cuſtomage on Merchandize, and for the meeting and conferring of Merchants and Traders.

And last year, at 5:26 a.m. on August 10, a whole mountainside toppled into the tideline of the shrunken Sawyer Glacier, not far from the Alaskan capital, Juneau. The impact jetted a tsunami a staggering 500 meters up the walls of the fjord.

Why, lords, and think you not how dangerous It is to jet upon a prince’s right?

Contemplation makes a rare turkey-cock of him: how he jets under his advanced plumes!

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Word Forms

• jets
• jetting
• jetted
• jeat
• jess
• jetter
• more jet
• jettest
• most jet

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