jets

/dʒɛts/

noun

  1. 1

    A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.

  2. 2

    A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.

  3. 3

    A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.

  4. 4

    An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.

  5. 5

    A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.

  6. 6

    A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon.

  7. 7

    Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.

  8. 8

    The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.

verb

  1. 1

    To spray out of a container.

  2. 2

    To spray with liquid from a container.

    Farmers may either dip or jet sheep with chemicals.
  3. 3

    To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion

  4. 4

    To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around

  5. 5

    To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.

  6. 6

    To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.

  7. 7

    To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.

  8. 8

    To adjust the fuel to air ratio of a carburetor; to install or adjust a carburetor jet

  9. 9

    To leave.

noun

  1. 1

    A hard, black form of coal, sometimes used in jewellery.

  2. 2

    (color) The colour of jet coal, deep grey.

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