jet
 I. jet1 (jĕt)n.
1. A dense black coal that takes a high polish and is used for jewelry.
2. A deep black.adj.
1. Made of or resembling a dense, black, highly polished coal.
2. Black as coal; jet-black:
jet hair. [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman geet, from Latin gagātēs, from Greek, after Gagas, a town of Lycia.] II. jet2 (jĕt)n.
1.
a. A high-velocity fluid stream forced under pressure out of a small-diameter opening or nozzle.
b. An outlet, such as a nozzle, used for emitting such a stream.
c. Something emitted in or as if in a high-velocity fluid stream: “such myriad and such vivid jets of images” (Henry Roth).
2.
a. A jet-propelled vehicle, especially a jet-propelled aircraft.
b. A jet engine.v. jet·ted, jet·ting, jetsv. intr.
1. To travel by jet aircraft:
jetted from Houston to Los Angeles.
2. To move very quickly.v. tr.
To propel outward or squirt, as under pressure: “Any man might... hang around... jetting tobacco juice” (Ross Lockridge, Jr.). [French, from Old French, from jeter, to spout forth, throw, from Vulgar Latin *iectāre, alteration of Latin iactāre, frequentative of iacere, to throw. See yē- in Indo-European Roots.]
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