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English Dictionary: jetting by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jetting
adj
  1. propelled violently in a usually narrow stream [syn: jetting, spouting, spurting, squirting]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jet \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. [Obs.]
  
                     he jets under his advanced plumes!      --Shak.
  
                     To jet upon a prince's right.            --Shak.
  
      2. To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
  
      3. To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
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