jet
verb/dʒet/
/dʒet/
[intransitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they jet | /dʒet/ /dʒet/ |
| he / she / it jets | /dʒets/ /dʒets/ |
| past simple jetted | /ˈdʒetɪd/ /ˈdʒetɪd/ |
| past participle jetted | /ˈdʒetɪd/ /ˈdʒetɪd/ |
| -ing form jetting | /ˈdʒetɪŋ/ /ˈdʒetɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. to fly somewhere in a plane
- They have just jetted off for a honeymoon in New York.
Word Originverb late 16th cent. (as a verb meaning ‘jut out’): from French jeter ‘to throw’, based on Latin jactare, frequentative of jacere ‘to throw’.Want to learn more?
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