Meaning

9 senses
  1. (intransitive)To spray out of a container.

  2. (transitive)To spray with liquid from a container.

    Farmers may either dip or jet sheep with chemicals.

    spritzen

    бры́згатьbrýzgatʹ, выбра́сыватьvybrásyvatʹ, вы́броситьvýbrositʹ

  3. (intransitive)To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion

    jetten

  4. (intransitive)To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around

  5. To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.

  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 adjust the fuel to air ratio of a carburetor; to install or adjust a carburetor jet

  9. (intransitive, slang)To leave; depart.

    Gotta jet. See you tomorrow.

More definitions
  • issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth
  • fly a jet plane

Examples

131 sentences
  1. Her son is a jet pilot.

    Її син - пілот реактивного літака. — brambury

    ruЕё сын - пилот реактивного самолёта. — odexed

  2. Tom has a private jet.

    У Тома є приватний літак. — deniko

    ruУ Тома есть личный самолет. — vinkara

    deTom hat einen Privatjet. — al_ex_an_der

  3. The jet landed at Tokyo.

    ruСамолёт сел в Токио. — Biga

    deDer Jet landete in Tokyo. — Dejo

  4. I'm still suffering from jet lag.

    ruЯ всё ещё страдаю от смены часовых поясов. — odexed

    deIch leide immer noch am Jetlag. — Zaghawa

  5. Tom is suffering from jet lag.

    deTom leidet am Zeitzonenunterschied. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to spray with liquid, to gush, to spurt:
to travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion:

Origin

Borrowed from French jet (“spurt”, literally “a throw”), from Old French get, giet, from V

Borrowed from French jet (“spurt”, literally “a throw”), from Old French get, giet, from Vulgar Latin *iectus, *jectus, from Latin iactus (“a throwing, a throw”), from iacere (“to throw”). See abject, ejaculate, gist, jess, jut. Cognate with Spanish echar.

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Forms

jets, jetting, jetted, jetted
Base formjet · to jet
3rd person singularjets
Present participlejetting
Past simplejetted
Past participlejetted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyjet
he, she, itjets

Past simpleLesson

all personsjetted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave jetted
he, she, ithas jetted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill jet

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth:gush

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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