jet

Meaning of jet

noun
  1. a rapid stream of liquid or gas forced out of a small opening.
    a jet of boiling water spurted over his hand
  2. a jet engine.
verb
  1. spurt out in jets.
    blood jetted from his nostrils
  2. travel by jet aircraft.
    the newly weds jetted off for a honeymoon in New York

late 16th century (as a verb meaning ‘jut out’): from French jeter ‘to throw’, based on Latin jactare, frequentative of jacere ‘to throw’.

noun
  1. a hard black semi-precious variety of lignite, capable of being carved and highly polished.
    jet beads

Middle English: from Old French jaiet, from Latin Gagates, from Greek gagatēs ‘from Gagai’, a town in Asia Minor.

abbreviation, singular proper noun

Joint European Torus, a machine for conducting experiments in nuclear fusion, at Culham in Oxfordshire.

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Hyphenation of jet

jet

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • jet is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

jet synonyms

Meaning coal-black:

pitchy, sooty

Meaning squirt:

squirt, spurt, spirt

Meaning K:

K, green

Meaning fountain:

fountain

Meaning gush:

gush

Meaning a continuous flow of liquid, air, or gas:

stream

Meaning liquid that is blown or driven through the air in the form of tiny drops:

spray

Meaning a tube or lip projecting from a container, through which liquid can be poured:

spout

Meaning something that streams out rapidly:

outpouring

Meaning a sudden quick movement towards something, typically by a number of people:

rush

Meaning a sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the tide:

surge

Meaning an instance of breaking or splitting as a result of internal pressure or puncturing; an explosion:

burst

Meaning a quantity of liquid that has spilled or been spilt:

spill

Meaning a steady, continuous stream or supply of something:

flow

Meaning an overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land:

flood

Meaning a small waterfall, typically one of several that fall in stages down a steep rocky slope:

cascade

Meaning a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid:

torrent

Meaning a body of water or air moving in a definite direction, especially through a surrounding body of water or air in which there is less movement:

current

Meaning kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow:

shoot

Meaning (of a volcano) become active and eject lava, ash, and gases:

erupt

Meaning flow rapidly in a steady stream:

pour

Meaning move in spurts as though driven by a pump:

pump

Meaning be poured or forced out in large quantities:

spew

Meaning (of liquid) move without obstruction; flow:

course

Meaning in a good or satisfactory way:

well

Meaning move or jump suddenly or rapidly upwards or forwards:

spring

Meaning supply or distribute (something) for use or sale:

issue

Meaning (of a feeling, quality, or sensation) issue or spread out from (a source):

emanate

Meaning (of liquid) flow or pour with a rush:

sloosh

Meaning (of a bird, bat, or insect) move through the air using wings:

fly

Translation of jet

Words that rhyme with jet

TraumaJet, trajet, objet, LifeJet, pulsejet, Irrijet, trijet, multijet, inkjet, ramjet, scramjet, fanjet, twinjet, turbojet, AngioJet, Aerojet, SeroJet, electrojet, projet, pulsojet, resojet, stratojet, propjet, upjet, Learjet, laserjet, overjet, superjet, waterjet, outjet

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