jet (1) — OAT

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noun

1 a jet of water went down his neck:

stream, spurt, squirt, spray, fountain, spout;

gush, outpouring, rush, surge, burst, spill, flow, flood, cascade, torrent, current.

2 the carburetor jets can get clogged:

nozzle, head, spray, rose, atomizer, sprinkler, sprinkler head, spout, nose;

technical sparkler, spile.

3 they found an executive jet to fly me back:

jet plane, jetliner;

aircraft, plane;

British aeroplane.

□ jet set

she moves from village life to international jet set:

the smart set, the fashionable, the A-list, the wealthy, the beautiful people, the crème de la crème, the beau monde, the haut monde;

high society, society, polite society, the elite, the privileged classes;

informal the top drawer.

verb

1 they jetted out of Heathrow last night:

fly, travel/go by jet, travel/go by plane, travel/go by air.

2 little puffs of gas jetted out:

squirt, spurt, shoot, spray, fountain, erupt;

gush, pour, stream, rush, pump, surge, spew, spill, flow, course, well, spring, burst, issue, emanate;

British, informal sloosh.