Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Driven by jet propulsion.
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- adjective propelled by a
jet engine
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- adjective propelled by (or as if propelled by) a jet engine
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Examples
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A few exceptionally qualified women were allowed to test rocket- and jet-propelled aircraft.
Dorian de Wind: The Women AirForce Service Pilots (WASP) Dorian de Wind 2011
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He may not be blessed with the jet-propelled pace of old but his reputation remains.
Fans go wild for Thierry Henry, the genius who writes his own scripts | Dominic Fifield 2012
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A few exceptionally qualified women were allowed to test rocket- and jet-propelled aircraft.
Dorian de Wind: The Women AirForce Service Pilots (WASP) Dorian de Wind 2011
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Although, to be honest, you get the sense that whatever he's got in there gigantic racket, jet-propelled sneakers, magic headband …, Djokovic will have something up his sleeve.
Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal - as it happened! | John Ashdown 2011
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Yves Rossy jumped out of a plane over Calais, France today and flew his jet-propelled wing across the English Channel.
Boing Boing 2008
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The introduction of covered pitches, short boundaries and jet-propelled bats have made Test grounds increasingly homogenous, tilting the scales in this sport — usually so delicately balanced — firmly in favor of the batsmen.
This Test Could Run and Run Jonathan Clegg 2010
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And I remember smiling, my head in my hands, just watching these jet-propelled engines underwater.
The Great Penguin Rescue Dyan DeNapoli 2010
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Right wing Mikkel Boedker: Born in Denmark and currently playing in the Ontario Hockey League, Boedker is a jet-propelled playmaker.
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One in a series, this ad features an "extreme impossible stunt" by a guy in a jet-propelled grocery cart who successfully catches a baby carrot "bullet" in his mouth (the carrot shoots from a carrot-fueled machine gun).
Baby Carrots Get An EXTREME Advertising Campaign (VIDEOS) 2010
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Back in 1950, Frank Hampson designed a gyroscopic jet-propelled Jeep for his hero, Dan Dare, which ran on a single ball just like this robot.
Ball Balancing James Gurney 2010
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