JET

Jet

Jet were an Australian rock band formed in 2001 while attending St Bede's College Mentone in Melbourne. The band consisted of lead guitarist Cameron Muncey, bassist Mark Wilson, and brothers Nic and Chris Cester on vocals/rhythm guitar and drums respectively. The group sold 6.5 million albums.

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jet

Noun

  1. A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
  2. A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.
  3. A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellors.
  4. An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.
    1. A turbine.
    2. A rocket engine.
  5. A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.
  6. A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon.
  7. Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
  8. The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A hard, black form of coal, sometimes used in jewellery.
  2. The colour of jet coal, deep grey.

Verb

  1. To spray out of a container.
  2. To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion
  3. To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around
  4. To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
  5. To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
  6. To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken.

Adjective

  1. Propelled by turbine engines.
    jet airplane

Adjective (etymology 2)

  1. Very dark black in colour.


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