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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Jet  \Jet\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Jetted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Jetting}.]  [F.  jeter,  L.  jactare,  freq.  fr  jacere  to  throw. 
  See  3d  {Jet},  and  cf  {Jut}.] 
  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.]  --Wiseman. 
 
  3.  To  shoot  forward  or  out  to  project;  to  jut  out 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  jetting 
  adj  :  propelled  violently  in  a  usually  narrow  stream  [syn:  {spouting}, 
  {spurting},  {squirting}] 




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