Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A backpack powered by jets, used especially to enable an astronaut to maneuver independently during a spacewalk.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
jet pack . - verb intransitive To travel with a jet pack.
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Examples
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It's will blasting off with his jetpack is looks very cool.
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It comes down to this: a jetpack is only as awesome as the enemies it goes up against.
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Next to a plane, however, a jetpack is no toy, but it’s not a plane!
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The jetpack has been a common theme in movies and even among pranksters on You Tube.
Why Transportation Has Gone Nowhere Fast Matt Ridley 2011
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The jetpack has been a common theme in movies and even among pranksters on You Tube.
Why Transportation Has Gone Nowhere Fast Matt Ridley 2011
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Those who have tested the jetpack say that with only the controls in front of you, flying a jetpack is a real free-flight experience.
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The abilities are classified as Scout (sprinting), Stalker (cloaking device), Guard (force field) and Airborne (jetpack), and while there are tactical advantages to each - the Guard's force field explodes into a shield-draining EMP blast after a few seconds, for instance - the jetpack was our favourite.
Toronto Sun 2010
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The abilities are classified as Scout (sprinting), Stalker (cloaking device), Guard (force field) and Airborne (jetpack), and while there are tactical advantages to each - the Guard's force field explodes into a shield-draining EMP blast after a few seconds, for instance - the jetpack was our favourite.
Toronto Sun 2010
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The most exciting of these is the jetpack, which is powered by new widget Rocket Fuel.
Eurogamer 2010
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The abilities are classified as Scout (sprinting), Stalker (cloaking device), Guard (force field) and Airborne (jetpack), and while there are tactical advantages to each - the Guard's force field explodes into a shield-draining EMP blast after a few seconds, for instance - the jetpack was our favourite.
Ottawa Sun 2010
TankHughes commented on the word jetpack
Are they designing any jet black jetpacks?
February 18, 2016
fbharjo commented on the word jetpack
*singing*.... Get back Get back to where the jet black jetbacks belong
February 19, 2016