# jet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɛt/ · frequency rank #4,388

## Definitions
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 propellers.
4. An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.
5. An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.
6. A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.
7. A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon.
8. Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.
9. The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French jet (“spurt”, literally “a throw”), from Old French get, giet, from Vulgar Latin *iectus, jectus, from Latin iactus (“a throwing, a throw”), from iacere (“to throw”). See abject, ejaculate, gist, jess, jut. Cognate with Spanish echar.

## Easily confused with
- **Jr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-jr)
- **jo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-jo)
- **JI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-ji)
- **Ju** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-ju)
- **JK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-jk)
- **JV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-jv)
- **JW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-jw)
- **JG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-jg)
- **job** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-job)
- **Joe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-joe)
- **Jim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-jim)
- **joy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-joy)
- **Jon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-jon)
- **jin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-jin)
- **jun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-jun)
- **Jew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-jew)
- **JFK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-jfk)
- **jog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-jog)
- **jug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-jug)
- **jus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jet-vs-jus)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/jet