cool one's jets

verb

"cool-one-s-jets" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“cool one's jets” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To become less excited, intense, or active; to exercise self-restraint.

Corpus desk

Index EN-cool-one-s-jets · cool one's jets · English

cool one's jets · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for cool one's jets
PropertyValue
Headwordcool one's jets
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “cool one's jets” in English

cool one's jetsfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cool one's jets is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To become less excited, intense, or active; to exercise self-restraint.".

cool one's jets has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is cool one's jets, spelled C-O-O-L- -O-N-E-'-S- -J-E-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    To become less excited, intense, or active; to exercise self-restraint.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cool one's jets appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Star Wars fans who positively can't cool their jets until the 19 May opening of Star Wars prequel The Phantom Menace need wait no longer than until early May.
  2. Belle's boyfriend Jesse (Henry Simmons) is left to cool his jets while his woman bangs around the New York area.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cool one's jets"?
"cool one's jets" is spelled C-O-O-L- -O-N-E-'-S- -J-E-T-S.
What does "cool one's jets" mean?
As a verb, "cool one's jets" means: To become less excited, intense, or active; to exercise self-restraint.
What language does "cool one's jets" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list