jet1

 
Pronunciation: /dʒɛt/

noun

  • 1a rapid stream of liquid or gas forced out of a small opening: a jet of boiling water spurted over his hand
  • a nozzle or narrow opening for sending out a jet of liquid or gas.
  • 2a jet engine.
  • an aircraft powered by one or more jet engines: a private jet

verb (jets, jetting, jetted)

[no object, with adverbial of direction]
  • 1spurt out in jets: blood jetted from his nostrils
  • 2travel by jet aircraft: the newly weds jetted off for a honeymoon in New York

Origin:

late 16th century (as a verb meaning 'jut out'): from French jeter 'to throw', based on Latin jactare, frequentative of jacere 'to throw'