noun
- A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
- A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.
- A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.
- An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.
- A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.
- A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon.
- Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
- The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.
verb
- To spray out of a container.
- To spray with liquid from a container.
- 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
- To leave.
adjective
- Propelled by turbine engines.
Pronunciation
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