to jet
- verb
- /dʒɛt/
- In honor of Veterans Day, this weekend I'll be jetting off for a weekend getaway.
She grabs a few weapons and jets off into the night.
- She grabs a few weapons and jets off into the night.
- So by the time you guys are watching this, I would have jetted off to LA.
- Planes jet past, heading off or back.
- So I have to jet off to Japan to see him.
Examples
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An internationally successful DJ, he jets around the globe helping people lose their inhibitions.
Blog text (11) -
We'll be the kind of women who jet off to Vienna with all of our awards.
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Listen, baby, I gotta jet but, we'll keep an eye out for your car, ya hear?
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"Wish I could jet in for that one," I said.
Fiction book (1994) -
I mean, I say we shoot all night, get as much stuff as we can, then jet outta here in the morning.
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Then we can jet across to Copenhagen at zero six.
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Uhm, this has been fun, but I actually have to jet because...
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Sorry, dude, but we gotta jet if we wanna make it to the motel before sunup.
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Barack Obama, meanwhile, was jetting off to Las Vegas for a fundraiser.
Blog text (12) -
We will jet to Paris for our summer vacation next month.
Synonyms
Travel in an airplane or control a plane
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
Bright blue electric flashes that shoot up from thundercloud tops into the upper sky
- Specialized
A force that moves something forward by forcing out a fast stream of air or water
- Specialized
A device that sends gas through a small opening to make a steady flame for heat or light
A machine that prints words and pictures by spraying tiny drops of ink onto paper
- Archaic
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
- Specialized
An engine with a large fan that pushes extra air to make the plane go faster
A lifestyle of frequent travel to fashionable foreign places, often with luxury
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jet (verb: travel by plane) comes from the name of the fast airplane called a jet, and it also suggests moving like a rapid 'jet' of air, so to 'jet' somewhere is to go very quickly by plane.