jet - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'jet' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Jet

[ n.]

- Same as 2d Get.
- 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.
- 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.
- Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
- The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.

2 . Jet

[ v. i.]

- To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
- To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
- To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.

3 . Jet

[ v. t.]

- To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.

Meaning of 'jet' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . jet

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth

Example in sentence:

flames were jetting out of the building;
Water jetted forth

Nearby Words:

jet d'eau jet-black jeterus jets d'eau jetsam jetson jetteau jetted jettee jetter

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Inkjet
Inkjet is a printer that uses a print head nozzle to spray drops of ink that form characters on a page.

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