Definitions for JET

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JET jet

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IPA: /dʒɛt/

Jet is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 10 anagrams from letters in JET (ejt).

Definitions for JET

noun

1. a stream of a liquid, gas, or small solid particles forcefully shooting forth from a nozzle, orifice, etc.
2. something that issues in such a stream, as water or gas.
3. a spout or nozzle for emitting liquid or gas:
4. jet plane.
5. jet engine.
6. a compact black coal, susceptible of a high polish, used for making beads, jewelry, buttons, etc.
7. a deep black.
8. Obsolete. black marble.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or associated with a jet, jet engine, or jet plane:
2. in the form of or producing a jet or jet propulsion:
3. by means of a jet plane:
4. consisting or made of jet.
5. of the color jet; black as jet.

verb (used with object)

1. to transport by jet plane:
2. to shoot (something) forth in a stream; spout.
3. to place (a pile or the like) by eroding the ground beneath it with a jet of water or of water and compressed air.

verb (used without object)

1. to travel by jet plane:
2. to move or travel by means of jet propulsion:
3. to be shot forth in a stream.
4. to move or travel rapidly:

Origin of JET

1580-90; 1940-45 for def 4; Middle French jeter to throw Vulgar Latin *jectāre, alteration of Latin jactāre, equivalent to jac- throw + -t- frequentative suffix + -āre infinitive suffix

Examples for JET

The moment his eye fell upon this jet black braid he was delighted.

The jet engine instantly brought two advances over propellers: it doubled the speed and it was far more reliable.

Search teams find dozens of people and jet debris floating in the Java Sea, as the airline confirms the wreckage is from QZ8501.

Many airlines flew them with fewer seats and more legroom, as jet Blue does, with 150 seats in its A320s—at least, until 2016.

Nor does the jet have the ability to capture high-definition video, utilize an infra-red pointer.

The jet falling on the face, bored a hole to the left of the nose.

But even when the jet will be able to shoot its gun, the F-35 barely carries enough ammunition to make the weapon useful.

The eyes were mere dots of jet in a white and repulsive face.

They were constructed of ivory and jet, and their capitals were overlaid with the purest gold.

Widen the nozzle of the pipe, and the jet is in like manner diminished.