To throw out; shoot out; spurt forth, especially from a small orifice; spout; spurt.To shoot forward; shoot out; project; jut.To strut; stalk; assume a haughty or pompous carriage; be proud.To encroach offensively.To jerk; jolt.To turn round or about.n. A sudden shooting forth; a spouting or spurting, as of water or flame from a small orifice.n. That which so issues or spurts: as, a jet of water; a jet of blood; a jet of gas.n. A spout, or the end of a spout or nozle, for the emission of a liquid or gas: as, a rose-jet; a gas-jet.n. In metal-casting: A channel or tube for introducing melted metal into a mold.n. A small projecting piece of the metal, consisting of what remained in the hole through which the liquid metal was run into the mold: this has to be filed off before the casting can be finished. Compare runner.n. In pyrotechnics, a rocket-case filled with a burning composition, and attached to the circumference of a wheel or the end of a movable arm to give it motion.n. A large water-ladle.n. A descent; a declivity.n. Fashion; manner; custom; style.n. Artifice; contrivance.n. [A form of or substitute for gist, of the same ult. origin.] Point; drift; scope.n. A solid, dry, black, inflammable fossil substance, harder than asphalt, susceptible of high polish, and glossy in its fracture, which is conchoidal or undulating.n. The color of jet; a deep, rich, glossy black.Made of the mineral jet: as, jet beads; jet ornaments.