Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French jaiet, from Latin gagates, from Greek gagatEs, from Gagas, town and river in Asia Minor
Pronunciation : 'jet
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. jet plane.
2. stream of liquid or gas forced out of an opening; spout; jet plane, aircraft powered by jet propulsion; black coal which can be polished (used for jewelry, etc.); deep black color. travel or convey by jet plane; travel by means of jet propulsion; gush out in a stream, flow out forcefully; move fast, travel quickly. to leave in a hurry. jet\jet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. jetted ; p. pr. & vb. n. jetting.] [f. jeter, l. jactare, freq. fr. jacere to throw. see:
3d jet, and cf. jut.].
3. to strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude. [obs.] he jets under his advanced plumes! to jet upon a prince's right.
4. to jerk; to jolt; to be shaken. [obs.].
5. to shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.jet \jet\ , n. same as 2d get. [obs.]jet \jet\, n. [of. jet, jayet, f. jaïet, jais, l. gagates, fr. gr. ; -- so called from or , a town and river in lycia.] [written also jeat, jayet.] (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 ant (zo?l.), a blackish european ant (formica fuliginosa), which builds its nest of a paperlike material in the trunks of trees.jet \jet\, v. t. to spout; to emit in a stream or jet. a dozen angry models jetted steam.jet \jet\, n. [f. jet, of. get, giet, l. jactus a throwing, a throw, fr. jacere to throw. cf. abject, ejaculate, gist, jess, jut.].
6. 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.
7. drift; scope; range, as of an argument. [obs.].
8. the sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.jet propeller (naut.), a device for propelling vessels by means of a forcible jet of water ejected from the vessel, as by a centrifugal pump.jet pump, a device in which a small jet of steam, air, water, or other fluid, in rapid motion, lifts or otherwise moves, by its impulse, a larger quantity of the fluid with which it mingles.jet of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal [syn: coal-black, jet-black, pitchy, sooty] n.
9. an airplane powered by one or more jet engines [syn: jet plane , jet-propelled plane].
10. the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) [syn: squirt, spurt, spirt].
11. a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewellery or ornamentation.
12. an artificially produced flow of water [syn: fountain] v 1: issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth; "water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building" [syn: gush] 2: fly a jet plane.
13. jet. jet aircraft.
14. Same as 2d Get.
15. 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.
16. Formerly called also black amber.
17. 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.
18. Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
19. The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.
20. To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
21. To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
22. To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
23. To spout; to emit in a stream or jet. an airplane powered by one or more jet engines the occurrence of a sudden discharge a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewellery or ornamentation issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth; "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building" fly a jet plane.
24. jet, jet plane. jet, jet aircraft. ,-ti jet airplane, jet. jet.
25. jet.
26. 1. A jet is an aircraft that is powered by jet engines. Her private jet landed in the republic on the way to Japan He had arrived from Jersey by jet. see also:
jump jet.
27. If you jet somewhere, you travel there in a fast plane. He and his wife, Val, will be jetting off on a two-week holiday in America.
28. A jet of liquid or gas is a strong, fast, thin stream of it. A jet of water poured through the windows.
29. Jet is a hard black stone that is used in jewellery. jet engine jet lag jet stream.
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