Definitions of jet [ʒɛt]

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Definition of 'jet'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) jet
a stream of a liquid, gas, or small solid particles forcefully shooting forth from a nozzle, orifice, etc.

2.  jet
something that issues in such a stream, as water or gas.

3.  jet
a spout or nozzle for emitting liquid or gas.

4. (v.i.) jet
to move or travel by jet propulsion or jet plane.

5.  jet
to be shot forth in a stream.

6. (v.t.) jet
to transport by jet plane.

7.  jet
to shoot (something) forth in a stream.

8. (adj.) jet
pertaining to, associated with, or involving a jet, jet engine, or jet plane.

9.  jet
in the form of or producing a jet or jet propulsion:
a jet nozzle.

10. (n.) jet
a hard black coal, susceptible of a high polish, sometimes used in jewelry.

11.  jet
a deep black.

12. (adj.) jet
of the color jet; black as jet.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME jet, get < OF jaiet&indirdesc; L gagātēs < Gk (líthos) gag&amacracute;tēs Gagatic (stone), after Gágai, town in Lycia)

Definition of 'jet'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) jet, jet plane, jet-propelled plane
an airplane powered by one or more jet engines

2. (noun) jet, squirt, spurt, spirt
the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

3. (noun) jet
a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation

4. (noun) jet, blue jet, reverse lightning
atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward

5. (noun) K, jet, super acid, special K, honey oil, green, cat valium, super C
street names for ketamine

6. (adj) fountain, jet
an artificially produced flow of water

7. (verb) coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy, sooty
of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

8. (verb) jet, gush
issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth
"Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building"

9. (verb) jet
fly a jet plane

Definition of 'jet'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) jet
a fast plane
military fighter jets

2. jet
a stream of liquid or gas moving with great force
a jet of water from the fire truck's hose

Definition of 'jet'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) jet
same as 2d Get

2. (noun) jet
a variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber

3. (noun) jet
a shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet

4. (noun) jet
drift; scope; range, as of an argument

5. (noun) jet
the sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold

6. (verb) jet
to strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude

7. (verb) jet
to jerk; to jolt; to be shaken

8. (verb) jet
to shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out

9. (verb) jet
to spout; to emit in a stream or jet

Definitions of 'jet'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. jet
a hard, black, bituminous lignite, capable of an excellent polish and easily carved, hence useful for trinkets and ornaments, which have been made of it from very early times; is found in France, Spain, and Saxony, but the best supplies come from Whitby, Yorkshire.

Translation of 'jet'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (of) a hard black mineral substance, used for ornaments etc The beads are made of jet; a jet brooch.
Afrikaans: git	Arabic: نوع من الفَحْم شَديد السّ	Bulgarian: черен кехлибар
Brazilian: azeviche	Czech: gagát; gagátový	German: der Gagat; Gagat-...
Danish: gagat	Greek: γαγάτης (ορυκτό)	Spanish: azabache
Estonian: pigisüsi	Farsi: کهربای سیاه	Finnish: gagaatti
French: (de) jais	Hebrew: עֲשוּי מִמחצָב שָׁחוֹר וְ	Hindi: कृष्णाश्म, संगमूसा
Croatian: ahat	Hungarian: szurokszén; gagát	Indonesian: batu hitam
Icelandic: svartaraf	Italian: giavazzo	Japanese: 黒玉
Korean: 제트 엔진	Lithuanian: gagatas	Latvian: ahāts; ahāta-
Malay: jet	Dutch: git	Norwegian: jett
Polish: gagat	Persian: کهربای سیاه	Pashto: جټ، فراره هغه نل چې مايعا
Portuguese: azeviche	Romanian: (de) lignit	Russian: гагат
Slovak: čierny jantár; z čierneho	Slovenian: gagat	Serbian: gagat
Swedish: kolsvart	Thai: แร่สีดำมันเงาใช้ทำเครื่อง	Turkish: kara kehribar, siyah ambe
Taiwanese: 黑玉(製)的	Ukrainian: гагат, чорний янтар	Urdu: سنگ موسی
Vietnamese: hạt huyền	Chinese: 黑玉，黑色大理石制的
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