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Noun: jet  jet
  1. An artificially produced flow of water
    - fountain
     
  2. The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
    - squirt, spurt, spirt
     
  3. An aeroplane powered by one or more jet engines
    - jet plane, jet-propelled plane
     
  4. A hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewellery or ornamentation
     
  5. Atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward
    - blue jet, reverse lightning
     
  6. [slang] A street name for ketamine
    - K [slang], super acid [slang], special K [slang], honey oil [slang], green [slang], cat valium [slang], super C [slang]
Verb: jet (jetted,jetting)  jet
  1. Issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth
    "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building";
    - gush
     
  2. (air travel) fly a jet plane
Adjective: jet  jet
  1. Of the blackest black; similar to the colour of jet or coal
    - coal-black, jet-black, pitchy, sooty

Derived forms: jetting, jets, jetted

See also: achromatic, neutral

Type of: aeroplane [Brit], airplane [N. Amer], atmospheric electricity, aviate, brown coal, course, discharge, feed, flow, flowing, fly, Ketalar, ketamine, ketamine hydrochloride, lignite, outpouring, pilot, plane, run, wood coal

Encyclopedia: Jet, OK