Dictionary entry

Jet (4)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Jet, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Jetted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Jetting.] [F. jeter, L. jactare, freq. fr. jacere to throw. See 3d Jet, and cf. Jut.]

1. To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.

he jets under his advanced plumes! Shak.

To jet upon a prince's right. Shak.

2. To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken. Wiseman.

3. To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.