jet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
    jet-propelled plane; jet plane.
  2. noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
    spurt; squirt; spirt.
  3. noun a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation
  4. noun atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward
    blue jet; reverse lightning.
  5. noun street names for ketamine
    honey oil; K; super acid; green; super C; cat valium; special K.
  6. noun an artificially produced flow of water
    fountain.
  7. verb issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth
    gush.
    • Water jetted forth
    • flames were jetting out of the building
  8. verb fly a jet plane
  9. adjective satellite of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
    coal-black; jet-black; sooty; pitchy.

WordNet

Jet noun
Definitions
  1. Same as 2d Get. Obs. Chaucer.
Jet noun
Etymology
OF. jet, jayet, F. jaïet, jais, L. gagates, fr. Gr. -- so called from or , a town and river in Lycia.
Definitions
  1. (Min.) 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.
Jet noun
Etymology
F. jet, OF. get, giet, L. jactus a throwing, a throw, fr. jacere to throw. Cf. Abject, Ejaculate, Gist, Jess, Jut.
Definitions
  1. 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.
  2. Drift; scope; range, as of an argument. Obs.
  3. The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold. Knight.
Jet intransitive verb
Etymology
F. jeter, L. jactare, freq. fr. jacere to throw. See 3d Jet, and cf. Jut.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Jetted ; present participle & verbal noun Jetting
Definitions
  1. To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude. Obs.
    he jets under his advanced plumes! Shak.
    To jet upon a prince's right. Shak.
  2. To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken. Obs. Wiseman.
  3. To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
Jet transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.
    A dozen angry models jetted steam. Tennyson.

Webster 1913