| jet | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. jet, jet plane, jet-propelled plane | an airplane powered by one or more jet engines. |
| ~ aeroplane, airplane, plane | an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets.; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" |
| ~ fan-jet, fanjet, turbofan, turbojet | an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine. |
| ~ jet engine | a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion. |
| ~ jetliner | a large jet plane that carries passengers. |
| ~ jumbo jet, jumbojet | a very large jet plane. |
| ~ twinjet | a jet plane propelled by two jet engines. |
| n. (event) | 2. jet, spirt, spurt, squirt | the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid). |
| ~ outpouring, discharge, run | the pouring forth of a fluid. |
| ~ spray | a jet of vapor. |
| ~ spritz | a quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water). |
| n. (substance) | 3. jet | a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation. |
| ~ brown coal, lignite, wood coal | intermediate between peat and bituminous coal. |
| n. (phenomenon) | 4. blue jet, jet, reverse lightning | atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward. |
| ~ atmospheric electricity | electrical discharges in the atmosphere. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. cat valium, green, honey oil, jet, k, special k, super acid, super c | street names for ketamine. |
| ~ ketalar, ketamine, ketamine hydrochloride | a general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or pediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. fountain, jet | an artificially produced flow of water. |
| ~ flow, flowing | the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases). |
| v. (contact) | 7. gush, jet | issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth.; "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building" |
| ~ course, flow, run, feed | move along, of liquids.; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
| v. (motion) | 8. jet | fly a jet plane. |
| ~ air travel, aviation, air | travel via aircraft.; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" |
| ~ aviate, pilot, fly | operate an airplane.; "The pilot flew to Cuba" |
| adj. | 9. coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy, sooty | of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal. |
| ~ achromatic, neutral | having no hue.; "neutral colors like black or white" |
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