jet
/dʤet/
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Definition
Noun:
- A hard, black material: A type of very hard, black coal (lignite) that can be polished to a high shine and is used in jewelry and ornaments.
- A fast, narrow stream of liquid or gas: A strong, thin, and continuous flow of liquid, gas, or steam forced out under pressure.
- A jet engine: An engine that creates forward thrust by expelling a high-speed jet of gas backward.
- An airplane powered by jet engines: An aircraft that uses jet engines for propulsion.
Verb:
- To spurt or gush out forcefully: To shoot out or flow in a fast, narrow, and continuous stream.
- To travel by jet aircraft: To fly in an airplane powered by jet engines.
Adjective:
- Deep, glossy black: Of a very dark, intense black color, like polished jet (the mineral).
Examples
Noun:
- She wore a necklace made of polished jet. (Material)
- A jet of water shot from the broken pipe. (Stream)
- The new jet is much faster than propeller planes. (Aircraft)
Verb:
- Water jetted from the fountain.
- He jetted off to Paris for the weekend. (Informal)
Adjective:
- She has beautiful jet black hair.
Advanced Usage
- "Jet set" (noun, informal): Refers to wealthy, fashionable people who frequently travel internationally by jet aircraft.
- The resort is popular with the international jet set.
- "Jet lag" (noun): The tired and disoriented feeling caused by traveling rapidly across multiple time zones.
- I need a day to recover from the jet lag.
Variants and Related Words
- Jetty (noun): A structure built out into the water to influence currents or protect a harbor.
- Jetliner (noun): A large jet aircraft designed to carry passengers.
- Jet-black (adjective): An intensified form meaning a deep, glossy black.
- Jet-propelled (adjective): Powered by a jet engine.
Synonyms
- Noun (stream): Spurt, gush, stream, spray.
- Noun (aircraft): Jetliner, jet plane.
- Verb (to spurt): Spurt, gush, shoot, stream.
- Adjective (color): Ebony, pitch-black, raven.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Jet off (informal): To leave quickly, especially on a trip by airplane.
- They jetted off to the islands for a vacation.
Related Idioms
- "A jet of...": Used to describe the forceful emergence of something.
- The cut caused a jet of blood.
- "Jet-black": A common idiom to describe something as very black.
- The cat had jet-black fur.
Adjective
- of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
Noun
- an artificially produced flow of water
- street names for ketamine
- atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward
- a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation
- the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
- an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
Verb
- fly a jet plane
- issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth
- Water jetted forth
- flames were jetting out of the building