jets
noun
- 1
A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
- 2
A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.
- 3
A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.
- 4
An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.
- 5
A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.
- 6
A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon.
- 7
Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
- 8
The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.
verb
- 1
To spray out of a container.
- 2
To spray with liquid from a container.
“Farmers may either dip or jet sheep with chemicals.”
- 3
To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion
- 4
To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around
- 5
To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
- 6
To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
- 7
To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
- 8
To adjust the fuel to air ratio of a carburetor; to install or adjust a carburetor jet
- 9
To leave.
noun
- 1
A hard, black form of coal, sometimes used in jewellery.
- 2
(color) The colour of jet coal, deep grey.
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