Definition: 1. A plane driven by jet engines. 2. The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid). 3. A strong narrow stream of gas, liquid, steam or flame that comes very quickly out of a small opening. The opening is also called a jet .
Use 'jet' in a sentence:
1. The accident happened as the jet was about to take off.
2. He had arrived from Jersey by jet.
3. It's a good idea to spend the first night of your holiday sleeping off the jet lag.
4. The jet began to turn off the main runway.
5. He had arrived from Key West by jet.
6. The aircraft is powered by a jet engine.
7. The jet burst into flames and plummeted to the ground.
8. Workers at the plant build the F-16 jet fighter.
9. The jet entered Chinese airspace without permission.
10. The aircraft cost 25 million pounds and can carry heavier loads than huge jet planes while also producing less noise and emitting less pollution.
11. One American pilot was forced to ditch his jet in the Gulf.
12. A couple of jet fighters were downed during the five-week rebellion.
13. A jet of water poured through the windows.
14. Interest in jet propulsion was now growing at the Air Ministry.
15. He was flying in formation with seven other jets.
16. Jet lag is caused because the body clock does not readjust immediately to the time change.
17. Take-off and landing procedures have been tightened after two jets narrowly escaped disaster.
18. The jumbo jet was blasted out of the sky.
19. Sending a replacement jet would have been uneconomic.
20. We have no intention of buying American jets.
21. Jets of compressed air gave the aircraft lateral and directional stability.
22. High-tech industries such as NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have found that their best overall problem-solvers were master tinkerers in their youth.
23. The jet arrived in Johannesburg two minutes ahead of schedule.
24. "The company picked me up in a corporate jet to see bakeries around the world." she recalls.
25. Thus, despite the increase in printer sales, the Ink Jet Division must be contributing less to the company's profits than it used to.
26. Many jet ski riders are big show-offs who stick around populated areas so everyone can see their turns and manoeuvres.
27. I like jet skiing, being out on boats, doing stuff like that.
28. It is of the same load as a 737 jet.
29. The winter sports bring the jet set from England.
30. Military historians may never know what brought down the jet.
31. Today people and goods travel by jet aircraft and fast ships, and information is transmitted at the speed of light over the Internet.
32. The jet landed after a flight of just under three hours.
33. After a thorough investigation, many experts now believe that the streak was a run-of-the-mill jet aircraft contrail.
34. Charlie Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot.
35. There was a huge bang; it sounded like a supersonic jet.
36. The jet smashed into a hillside and exploded.
37. Her private jet landed in the republic on the way to Japan.
38. Above 5,490m is the realm of the heavy jets, since jet engines operate more efficiently at higher altitudes.
39. I'm still a little jet-lagged.
40. The jet plummeted into a row of houses.
41. The pipe burst and jets of water shot across the room.
42. I watched as they got on the jet ski.
43. He chartered a jet to fly her home from California to Switzerland.
