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Jet, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jetted p. pr. & vb. n. Jetting.]
1. To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude. [Obs.]
he jets under his advanced plumes! --Shak.
To jet upon a prince's right. --Shak.
2. To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken. [Obs.]
3. To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
jetting
adj : propelled violently in a usually narrow stream [syn: spouting,
spurting, squirting]
jet
adj : of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
[syn: coal-black, jet-black, pitchy, sooty]
n 1: an airplane powered by one or more jet engines [syn: jet
plane, jet-propelled plane]
2: the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) [syn: squirt,
spurt, spirt]
3: a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish
and is used in jewellery or ornamentation
4: street names for ketamine [syn: K, super acid, special
K, honey oil, green, cat valium, super C]
5: an artificially produced flow of water [syn: fountain]
v 1: issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth;
"Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the
building" [syn: gush]
2: fly a jet plane
[also: jetting, jetted]