I. ˈjet noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French jaiet, from Latin gagates, from Greek gagatēs, from Gagas, town and river in Asia Minor
Date: 14th century
1. : a compact velvet-black coal that takes a good polish and is often used for jewelry
2. : an intense black
II. adjective
Date: 1658
: of the color jet
III. verb
( jet·ted ; jet·ting )
Etymology: French jeter, literally, to throw, from Old French, from Latin jactare to throw, frequentative of jacere to throw; akin to Greek hienai to send
Date: 1692
intransitive verb
: to spout forth : gush
transitive verb
: to emit in a stream : spout
IV. noun
Date: circa 1696
1.
a.
(1) : a usually forceful stream of fluid (as water or gas) discharged from a narrow opening or a nozzle
(2) : a narrow stream of material (as plasma) emanating or appearing to emanate from a celestial object (as a radio galaxy)
b. : a nozzle for a jet of fluid
2. : something issuing as if in a jet
talk poured from her in a brilliant jet — Time
3.
a. : jet engine
b. : an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
4. : a long narrow current of high-speed winds (as a jet stream)
• jet·like -ˌlīk adjective
V. intransitive verb
( jet·ted ; jet·ting )
Date: 1949
1. : to travel by jet airplane
2. : to move or progress by or as if by jet propulsion