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jet

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. jet (verb)
  2. jet (verb)

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verb
jet·tedjet·ting

Definition of JET

intransitive verb
: to spout forth : gush
transitive verb
: to emit in a stream : spout

Origin of JET

French jeter, literally, to throw, from Old French, from Latin jactare to throw, frequentative of jacere to throw; akin to Greek hienai to send
First Known Use: 1692

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