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   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.]
   
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   1.  To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude. [Obs.]
   
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    he jets under his advanced plumes! Shak.
   
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   To jet upon a prince's right. Shak.
   
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   2.  To jerk; to jolt; to be shaken. [Obs.]  Wiseman.
   
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   3.  To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
   
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   jetting adj. being propelled violently in a usually narrow stream; -- of liquids.
   
   Syn. -- spouting, spurting, squirting.
   
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