jet
526
1.7
- noun
- /dʒɛt/
- Now, I'm sending the corporate jet to pick you up at that private airfield east of Choteau.
- jet engine
- fighter jet
- jet fuel
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Watch on YouTubeBut the rich fly private jets today.
- But the rich fly private jets today.
- There were two Harrier jets caught in the six photographs.
- And Darpa's argument is, look, we're not buying jet aircraft, right?
- Airbus to build new China jet factory as Apple pulls back.
- The Israeli scattered their jets and shot down all but seven.
- And until they out outlaw all jets, it's it doesn't really matter.
- We have military people, Navy, fighter jets, testify in Congress.
- You're kind of like the the Julian Assange of jet of of private jets.
- And I've had it with these slow jet bridge hogs.
Examples
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Did you know that he has a private jet?
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In the third week of September, I boarded a British Airways jet for my journey to England.
Academic text (1999) -
I got a private jet taking off across town.
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and what about our own private jet, hmm?
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It's like a luxury private jet, a really large one.
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I gave you my corporate jet to fly all over the world!
Fiction book (1992) -
But the rich fly private jets today.
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They'll never look at a jet plane or a rocket the same way again.
Fiction book (1992) -
Police have also arrested these other members of Winston's team at a Portland airfield as they attempted to board a private jet.
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Did you know that he has a private jet with luxurious interiors?
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A flying machine with wings that carries people
587
2.5
A machine that flies like an airplane or helicopter
518
1.0
A flying machine with fixed wings that carries people or goods through the air
200
4.6
A fast military plane that attacks enemy planes in the air
89
3.7
A military plane that carries and drops bombs
56
2.6
A large plane used by airlines to carry many passengers
31
1.3
A machine with wings and an engine that flies to carry people or goods
17
2.7
A fast plane that uses jet engines to fly high
16
3.5
A large plane with jet engines that carries people between cities
12
3.0
A very large airplane that carries many people on long flights
8
4.4
A fast military airplane that attacks enemy planes
1
6.2
A jet engine that uses a turbine to squeeze air and push a plane forward
1
3.9
A plane powered by jet engines that flies very fast
1
6.4
A plane with two jet engines used to carry people
1
3.6
A very large jet plane that carries many people on long flights
1
6.7
A jet engine with a large front fan, or a plane powered by it
1
8.4
A plane that uses a jet engine to turn a propeller
1
7.2
A plane with three jet engines
1
3.3
An airplane with two or more engines
A plane powered by an engine with a large fan that makes it go faster
An airplane with a propeller turned by a turbine engine
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
3
5.0
A force that moves something forward by forcing out a fast stream of air or water
1
2.8
A machine that prints words and pictures by spraying tiny drops of ink onto paper
- Specialized
1
9.9
Bright blue electric flashes that shoot up from thundercloud tops into the upper sky
- Specialized
1
4.4
A device that sends gas through a small opening to make a steady flame for heat or light
- Specialized
1
6.4
An engine with a large fan that pushes extra air to make the plane go faster
- Archaic
1
4.2
A printer that uses heat to make tiny ink bubbles and prints them on paper
- Specialized
A pump that uses a fast jet of water or steam to pull in and move another liquid
A lifestyle of frequent travel to fashionable foreign places, often with luxury
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jet (aircraft) comes from the idea of a strong stream of gas from its engines and from an old root ject meaning 'to throw', because the engine sends out a narrow, powerful 'jet' of air that pushes the plane forward.