Definition of jet

• n. - Same as 2d Get.
• 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.
• 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.
• n. - Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
• n. - The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.
• v. i. - To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
• v. i. - To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.
• v. i. - To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
• v. t. - To spout; to emit in a stream or jet.