jet

Definitions

1. 1noun

   Same as 2d Get.

2. 2noun

   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.

3. 3noun

   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.

4. 4noun

   Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.

5. 5noun

   The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.

6. 6intransitive verb

   To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.

7. 7intransitive verb

   To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.

8. 8intransitive verb

   To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.

9. 9transitive verb

   To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.

10. 10noun

    an artificially produced flow of water

    Synonyms

    fountain
11. 11noun

    an airplane powered by one or more jet engines

12. 12noun

    street names for ketamine

    Synonyms

    green
13. 13noun

    the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

    Synonyms

    spirtspurtsquirt
14. 14noun

    atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward

15. 15noun

    a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation

16. 16verb

    issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth

    "Water jetted forth"

    "flames were jetting out of the building"

    Synonyms

    gush
17. 17verb

    fly a jet plane

18. 18adjective

    of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

    Synonyms

    pitchysooty