| 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" |
| spurt | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. gush, spirt, spout, spurt | gush forth in a sudden stream or jet.; "water gushed forth" |
| ~ pump | flow intermittently. |
| ~ blow | spout moist air from the blowhole.; "The whales blew" |
| ~ whoosh | gush or squirt out.; "Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well" |
| ~ pour | flow in a spurt.; "Water poured all over the floor" |
| v. (motion) | 2. forge, spirt, spurt | move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy. |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| squirt | | |
| n. (person) | 1. pip-squeak, small fry, squirt | someone who is small and insignificant. |
| ~ nobody, nonentity, cypher, cipher | a person of no influence. |
| v. (contact) | 2. eject, force out, squeeze out, squirt | cause to come out in a squirt.; "the boy squirted water at his little sister" |
| ~ spritz | eject (a liquid) quickly.; "spritz water on a surface" |
| ~ extravasate | force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel. |
| ~ discharge | pour forth or release.; "discharge liquids" |
| v. (contact) | 3. squirt | wet with a spurt of liquid.; "spurt the wall with water" |
| ~ wet | cause to become wet.; "Wet your face" |
| ~ squish | put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action. |
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