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jet

Best crossword clue

"Airliner type"

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3 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɛt/Part of speech adjective, verb, nounSorted ejtStarts with JEnds with T6 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A fast aircraft, a stream of liquid or gas, or a deep black color.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • One of the other two nations to operate the F-35B, the United Kingdom, has had US versions of the jet operating off its HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier.
  • Farmers may either dip or jet sheep with chemicals.
  • Why, lords, and think you not how dangerous It is to jet upon a prince’s right?

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues

01Airliner type3 letters
02Airliner with turbines3 letters
03Fast passenger plane3 letters
04Fast plane3 letters
05Passenger aircraft3 letters
06Plane with turbines3 letters

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