jet

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. stream, spurt, gush, shoot, spout, pour, rush, squirt. —n. stream, fountain; outgush, spurt; jet plane (see aviation). See water. —adj. black, pitch[y], ebon[y]. See color.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. ebony, raven, obsidian; see black 1 , dark 1 .

n.

1. [A stream of liquid or gas]

Syn. spray, stream, spurt; see fountain 2 .

2. [A jet-propelled airplane]

Syn. jet plane, twin jet, supersonic jet, supersonic transport (SST), jetliner, jumbo jet, turbojet; see also plane 3 .

v.

1. [To gush out in a stream]

Syn. spout, spurt, squirt; see flow 2 .

2. [To travel by jet airplane]

Syn. take a jet, go by jet, fly, zoom; see fly 4 , travel 2 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

1. see aircraft

2. spurt gush, stream, fountain, spout, spray, squirt, spring, geyser, spritz.

II

v.

spurt, gush, stream, spout, spew, spray, squirt, spring, shoot, discharge, issue.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To eject or be ejected in a sudden thin, swift stream: spout, spray, spurt, squirt. See MOVE.

V

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Of the darkest achromatic visual value: black, ebon, ebony, inky, jetty, onyx, pitch-black, pitchy, sable, sooty. See COLORS.

VI

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A sudden swift stream of ejected liquid: spout, spray, spurt, squirt. See MOVE.