Synonyms:
coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy, sooty
Meaning: of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
jet, jet_plane, jet-propelled_plane
Meaning: an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
Synonyms:
jet, squirt, spurt, spirt
Meaning: the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
jet, gush
Meaning: issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth; "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building"
Usage examples
A sudden jet of flame stopped its words.
The Professor swung his four-foot jet my way.
He was twenty-four years of age, of a jet color, but of a manly turn.
Hanging conspicuously to the gas jet by a string was a folded paper. John seized it.
The creature lunged at me and threshed at the burning jet with all four of its feelers.
I caught the hose in my left hand and turned the fiery jet against the water-filled helmet.
"Light up!" ordered Stanley, setting an example by touching his hose nozzle to the nearest wall jet.
He had one blue leg and one pink one, while both his feet--which showed through the open sandals he wore--were jet black.
In this way there is evolved a kind of compromise between the two principles of marine propulsion, by a screw and by a jet of water thrown to sternward.
It was a young lady, the loveliness of whose very striking features was enhanced by the animation of the chase and the glow of the exercise, mounted on a beautiful horse, jet black, unless where he was flecked by spots of the snow-white foam which embossed his bridle.