jet
1 of 5noun (1)
ˈjet 
1
a
: an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
b
: jet engine
2
: a long narrow current of high-speed winds (such as a jet stream)
3
a(1)
: a usually forceful stream of fluid (such as water or gas) discharged from a narrow opening or a nozzle
(2)
: a narrow stream of material (such as plasma) emanating or appearing to emanate from a celestial object (such as a radio galaxy)
b
: a nozzle for a jet of fluid
4
: something issuing as if in a jet
talk poured from her in a brilliant jet 
Time
Time jetlike
ˈjet-ˌlīk
adjective jet
2 of 5verb (1)
jetted; jetting
intransitive verb
1
: to travel by jet airplane
2
: to move or progress by or as if by jet propulsion
jet
3 of 5verb (2)
jetted; jetting
intransitive verb
: to spout forth : gush
transitive verb
: to emit in a stream : spout
jet
4 of 5noun (2)
1
: an intense black
2
: a compact velvet-black coal that takes a good polish and is often used for jewelry
jet
5 of 5adjective
: of the color jet
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- spout
- spurt
- squirt
Verb (2)
- gush
- pour
- rush
- spew
- spout
- spurt
- squirt
- swoosh
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Word History
Etymology
Verb (2)
French jeter, literally, to throw, from Old French, from Latin jactare to throw, frequentative of jacere to throw; akin to Greek hienai to send
Noun (2)
Middle English, from Anglo-French jaiet, from Latin gagates, from Greek gagatēs, from Gagas, town and river in Asia Minor
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1661, in the meaning defined at sense 3a(1)
Verb (1)
1949, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (2)
1692, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Noun (2)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Adjective
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing jet
Kids Definition
jet 1 of 4
noun
ˈjet
1
: a rush of liquid, gas, or vapor through a narrow opening or a nozzle
2
: jet airplane
3
: a nozzle for a rush of gas or liquid
4
: jet engine
jet
2 of 4adjective
: of a very dark black color
jet hair
jet
3 of 4noun
1
: a black mineral that is often used for jewelry
2
: a very dark black
jet
4 of 4verb
jetted; jetting
: to come forcefully from a narrow opening
Water jetted from the nozzle.
jetting
verb
1
as in pouring
to flow out in great quantities or with force water jetting out of opened fire hydrants at a dangerously high rate Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- pouring
- rushing
- spurting
- streaming
- rolling
- spewing
- splashing
- gushing
- spouting
- squirting
- running
- washing
- flushing
- swooshing
- surging
- issuing
- flooding
- sluicing
- cascading
- sloshing
- swelling
- drowning
- submerging
- inundating
- plashing
- swamping
- engulfing
- overflowing
- fountaining
- deluging
- submersing
- overwhelming
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dropping
- trickling
- dripping
- dribbling
- leaking
- sprinkling
- straining
- spattering
- percolating
- seeping
- weeping
- bleeding
- oozing
- exuding
2
as in ejecting
to violently throw out or off (something from within) the volcano has been jetting out fiery lava in life-threatening amounts Synonyms & Similar Words
- ejecting
- erupting
- spurting
- expelling
- spitting
- spewing
- pouring
- firing
- belching
- spouting
- emitting
- disgorging
- surging
- heaving
- gushing
- issuing
- releasing
- eructing
- exhaling
- squirting
- springing
- casting
- venting
- streaming
- tossing
- emanating
- hurling
- shooting
- flinging
- launching
- discharging
- pitching
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- restraining
- containing
- shutting (in or up)
- bottling (up)
3
as in flying
to proceed or move quickly the presidential candidates jetted through the state for a week before racing off to the next primary Synonyms & Similar Words
- flying
- traveling
- racing
- driving
- rushing
- zipping
- speeding
- trotting
- hurrying
- scurrying
- travelling
- running
- chasing
- jumping
- blowing
- scooting
- buzzing
- darting
- blasting
- stepping
- zooming
- tearing
- dashing
- bolting
- shooting
- ripping
- whisking
- scuttling
- whirling
- careering
- blazing
- hustling
- breezing
- jogging
- motoring
- haring
- bowling
- ramming
- barreling
- rocketing
- careening
- coursing
- humping
- hying
- belting
- hurtling
- hurling
- nipping
- bustling
- barrelling
- bombing
- hastening
- bundling
- galloping
- rustling
- cannonballing
- hieing
- pelting
- highballing
- flitting
- beating it
- sprinting
- whizzing
- streaking
- scampering
- accelerating
- making tracks
- scudding
- beetling
- getting a move on
- shaking a leg
- stampeding
- stepping on it
- hotfooting (it)
- cracking (on)
- scuffling
- overtaking
- quickening
- outrunning
- stepping out
- arrowing
- outpacing
- outstripping
- beelining
- catching up
- fast-forwarding
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- creeping
- poking
- crawling
- dragging
- lingering
- poking
- strolling
- lagging
- sauntering
- hanging (around or out)
- shuffling
- dawdling
- loitering
- ambling
- dallying
- decelerating
- tarrying
- lumbering
- dillydallying
- plodding
- slowing (down or up)