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jet

/ˈd͡ʒɛt/
nounverbadjective

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

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 4 meanings

  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. A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.

  4. An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.

Verb 4 meanings

  1. To spray out of a container.

  2. To spray with liquid from a container.

    “Farmers may either dip or jet sheep with chemicals.”

  3. To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion

  4. To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around

Adjective 2 meanings

  1. Propelled by turbine engines.

  2. Very dark black in colour.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

Borrowed from French jet (“spurt”, literally “a throw”), from Old French get, giet, from Vulgar Latin *iectus, *jectus, from Latin iactus (“a throwing, a throw”), from iacere (“to throw”). See abject, ejaculate, gist, jess, jut. Cognate with Spanish echar.

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JET at a glance

JET has 3 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (J 8 + E 1 + T 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,306 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

Rhymes with jet

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  • INKJET17
  • PROJET15
  • TURBOJET17
  • OBJET14
  • RAMJET15
  • SCRAMJET19
  • WATERJET18
  • MULTIJET17
  • SUPERJET17
  • FANJET16
  • BIZJET24
  • ELECTROJET19

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