jet
/ˈd͡ʒɛt/ verb C2- To spray out of a container.
- To spray with liquid from a container. · Farmers may either dip or jet sheep with chemicals.
- To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion
- To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around
- To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
- To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
- To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
- To adjust the fuel to air ratio of a carburetor; to install or adjust a carburetor jet
He/she/it jets · Past jetted · Past participle jetted · -ing form jetting
Verb forms
- Base form
- jet
- He/she/it
- jets
- Past
- jetted
- Past participle
- jetted
- -ing form
- jetting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Lovely as the Greek girls of Cyprus or Chios, Mercédès boasted the same bright flashing eyes of jet, and ripe, round, coral lips.
All round the house is the jet-black night;
Diana, wilt thou give me a lock of thy jet-black tresses in parting to treasure forevermore?”
Then suddenly another sound became audible—a very gentle, soothing sound, like that of a small jet of steam escaping continually from a kettle.
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