Jet

Quick meaning: Jet is a noun meaning A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

Farmers may either dip or jet sheep with chemicals.

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!

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.

Word Forms

• jets
• jetting
• jetted
• jetter
• jettest

Synonyms for jet

Depending on context, synonyms include jet-black, jetty, achromatic, spurt, spirt, squirt.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fountain, pitchy, jet-black, gush, colorless, achromatic.

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