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jet

Definition

  • noun: a fast airplane that has one or more jet engines
  • noun: a compact velvet-black coal that takes a good polish and is often used for jewelry
  • noun: a usually forceful stream of fluid (as water or gas) discharged from a narrow opening or a nozzle
  • verb: to travel by jet airplane
  • verb: to spout forth
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: gush, spouting, spurt

Examples

  • The telescope has photographed 'jets' of gas shooting out from the distant star.

  • We 'jetted' our representative from London to New York for the meeting.

  • unusual weather patterns caused by changes in the 'jet stream'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) We can't. - Sure we can. There's no fuel, I tried everything. Well, there's always something we can do. - I tried everything. Did you try the soft landing jets? They're for landing. So... - Well, landing is launching. It's the same thing. Didn't you learn about that in training? (..)
    2013 Gravity
  • (..) help me with the tether. Okay? - Okay, okay. I got it. All right, here we go. All right. Now, to clear you from the jets... I'm gonna give you a little push. No, no, no, no. No, no, no. - Not a push. No, no. - A nudge. (..)
    2013 Gravity