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.
Steve Harris of Phoenix, Ariz., jetted in for tickets. "It's only once in a lifetime that you get to participate in the largest gambling action in the history of mankind," Harris said.
This time Mr. Bonderman jetted in from Europe on the Concorde, limping from a motorcycle accident in Greece.
Last year, they jetted off to Hong Kong.
Mr. Milken jetted to Mexico this summer to talk about international debt with President Miguel de la Madrid.
U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh jetted in to announce the busts in a Feb. 7 news conference, calling the operation one of the largest crackdowns ever on organized crime in Chicago.