jet

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n

1. stream, gush, fountain, spring, rush, flush, spate, Fr. jet d'eau; gusher, geyser, well, Inf. spouter; spout, spurt, squirt, spray, spit, Chiefly Dial. spritz.

2. nozzle, spout, sprinkler, tip, sparger, nose, snout; shower head, sprinkler head, rose, rosehead.

3. jet plane, jetliner, turbojet, ramjet; SST, supersonic transport, jumbo jet, 747, 707.

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4. shoot, spout, gush, rush, flush; flow, stream, well, spill; surge, leap, burst forth, break forth, erupt; squirt, spray, sparge, spurtle, splutter, spit, Chiefly Dial. spritz.

5. fly, take wing, wing, take to the air, take flight; zoom, soar, zip, break the sound barrier, Sl. buzz, whoosh, zing.

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adj

black, pitch, pitchy, coal, ebony, ebon, inky; tar-black, jet-black, pitch-black, jetty; dark, pitch-dark, sooty, raven, sable, sloe, atramentous; black as night, black as the ace of spades, black as a crow, black as midnight