Jet - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |dʒet|  American pronunciation of the word jet
Brit.  |ˈdʒet|  British pronunciation of the word jet

noun

- an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
- the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) (syn: spirt, spurt, squirt)
- a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation
- atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward
- street names for ketamine (syn: green)
- an artificially produced flow of water (syn: fountain)

verb

- issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth (syn: gush)
Water jetted forth
flames were jetting out of the building
- fly a jet plane

adjective

- of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal (syn: coal-black, jet-black, pitchy, sooty)

Extra examples

A jet of ink shot onto the paper.

They are jetting off to Australia tomorrow.

He owns a private jet.

She soaped herself beneath the refreshing jets of water.

We're jetting off for a sunshine holiday in the Caribbean.

Water jetted forth

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: jet
he/she/it: jets
present participle: jetting
past tense: jetted
past participle: jetted
noun
singular: jet
plural: jets
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