meaning of jet
1. Same as 2d Get.
2. A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called also black amber.
3. A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet.
4. Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
5. The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.
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 shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
9. To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.
10. A stream of water spouting from a fountain or pipe (especially from one arranged to throw water upward), in a public place or in a garden, for ornament.
11. an artificially produced flow of water
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