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jet

1  [jet] noun, verb, jet⋅ted, jet⋅ting, adjective
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–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: a gas jet.
4. jet plane.
5. jet engine.
–verb (used without object)
6. to travel by jet plane: to jet to Las Vegas for the weekend.
7. to move or travel by means of jet propulsion: The octopus jetted away from danger.
8. to be shot forth in a stream.
9. to move or travel rapidly: The star halfback jetted toward the goal line.
–verb (used with object)
10. to transport by jet plane: The nonstop service from New York will jet you to Tokyo in 13 hours.
11. to shoot (something) forth in a stream; spout.
12. to place (a pile or the like) by eroding the ground beneath it with a jet of water or of water and compressed air.
–adjective
13. of, pertaining to, or associated with a jet, jet engine, or jet plane: jet pilot; jet exhaust.
14. in the form of or producing a jet or jet propulsion: jet nozzle.
15. by means of a jet airplane: a jet trip; jet transportation.
Origin:
1580–90; 1940–45 for def. 4; < MF jeter to throw < VL *jectāre, alter. of L jactāre, equiv. to jac- throw + -t- freq. suffix + -āre inf. suffix
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jet

2  [jet]
–noun
1. a compact black coal, susceptible of a high polish, used for making beads, jewelry, buttons, etc.
2. a deep black.
3. Obsolete. black marble.
–adjective
4. consisting or made of jet.
5. of the color jet; black as jet.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME jet, get < OF jaiet ≪ L gagātēs < Gk (líthos) gagtēs Gagatic (stone), named after Gágai, town in Lycia; cf. obs. gagate, ME, OE gagātes < L, as above

jet engine

 
–noun
an engine, as an aircraft engine, that produces forward motion by the rearward exhaust of a jet of fluid or heated air and gases.
Also called jet, jet motor.

Origin:
1940–45

jet plane

 
–noun
an airplane moved by jet propulsion.
Also called jet, jet airplane.

Origin:
1940–45
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jet 1   (jět)   
n.  

  1. A dense black coal that takes a high polish and is used for jewelry.

  2. A deep black.

adj.  

  1. Made of or resembling a dense, black, highly polished coal.

  2. Black as coal; jet-black: jet hair.


[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman geet, from Latin gagātēs, from Greek, after Gagas, a town of Lycia.]
jet 2   (jět)   
n.  

    1. A high-velocity fluid stream forced under pressure out of a small-diameter opening or nozzle.

    2. An outlet, such as a nozzle, used for emitting such a stream.

    3. Something emitted in or as if in a high-velocity fluid stream: "such myriad and such vivid jets of images" (Henry Roth).

    4. A jet-propelled vehicle, especially a jet-propelled aircraft.

    5. A jet engine.

    1. A jet-propelled vehicle, especially a jet-propelled aircraft.

    2. A jet engine.

v.   jet·ted, jet·ting, jets

v.   intr.

  1. To travel by jet aircraft: jetted from Houston to Los Angeles.

  2. To move very quickly.

v.   tr.
To propel outward or squirt, as under pressure: "Any man might . . . hang around . . . jetting tobacco juice" (Ross Lockridge, Jr.)

[French, from Old French, from jeter, to spout forth, throw, from Vulgar Latin *iectāre, alteration of Latin iactāre, frequentative of iacere, to throw; see yē- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
jet

  1. in.
    to leave a place rapidly; to go somewhere fast. : Let's jet. It's late.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

jet  (v.)
1420, "to prance, strut, swagger," from M.Fr. jeter "to throw, thrust," from L.L. jectare, abstracted from dejectare, projectare, etc., in place of L. jactare "toss about," freq. of jacere "to throw, cast," from PIE base *ye- "to do" (cf. Gk. iemi, ienai "to send, throw;" Hitt. ijami "I make"). Meaning "to sprout or spurt forth" is from 1692. The noun sense of "stream of water" is from 1696; that of "spout or nozzle for emitting water, gas, fuel, etc." is from 1825. Hence jet propulsion (1867) and the noun meaning "airplane driven by jet propulsion" (1944, from jet engine, 1943). The first one to be in service was the Ger. Messerschmitt Me 262. Jet stream is from 1947. Jet set first attested 1951, slightly before jet commuter plane flights began.

jet  (n.)
"deep black lignite," 1351, from Anglo-Fr. geet, corresponding to O.Fr. jaiet (12c.), from L. gagates, from Gk. gagates lithos "stone of Gages," town and river in Lycia. As "a deep black color," attested from c.1450.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Science Dictionary
jet   (jět)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A rapid stream of liquid or gas forced through a small opening or nozzle under pressure.

  2. An aircraft or other vehicle propelled by one or more jet engines.

  3. A jet engine.


jet engine  
An engine, generally a gas turbine, that develops thrust from a jet of hot gases produced by burning fuel in a combustion chamber.
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