Thesaurus: jet

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1. n. Same as 2d Get.
2. n. 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. n. 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. n. Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
5. n. The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.
6. v. i. To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
7. v. i. To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
8. v. i. To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
9. v. t. To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.
10. adj. of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
11. n. an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
12. n. the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)