Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling jet (the precious stone).
  • adjective Resembling a jet (aircraft) or some aspect of one.

Etymologies

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jet +‎ -like

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Examples

  • The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we stiff creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.

    Alona Elkayam: Icon of The Day: MLK Alona Elkayam 2012

  • The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we stiff creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.

    Alona Elkayam: Icon of The Day: MLK Alona Elkayam 2012

  • The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we stiff creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.

    Alona Elkayam: Icon of The Day: MLK Alona Elkayam 2012

  • The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we stiff creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.

    Alona Elkayam: Icon of The Day: MLK Alona Elkayam 2012

  • Its jetlike cockpits are packed with problems waiting to happen.

    The Apache's Battle Test 2008

  • The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward the gaining of a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.

    Civil Rights & Black Identity 2006

  • The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward the gaining of a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.

    Civil Rights & Black Identity Martin Luther King Jr. 2006

  • The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we stiff creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.

    Letter from Birmingham Jail « Gerry Canavan 2007

  • The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we stiff creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.

    Lean Left » Blog Archive » MLK Day 2006

  • Samantha was a painfully slow information digester, yet no one could stop her on ice, where she elegantly displayed precision balance, elastic agility, and jetlike velocity.

    A Mind at a Time M.D. Mel Levine 2002

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