Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A supersonic jet airplane.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A very large or powerful jet aircraft.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

super- +‎ jet

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word superjet.

Examples

  • To him, the superjet was a headline grabber, a ticket to the job he really wanted: co-chairmanship of the Franco-German conglomerate EADS, Airbus's parent company.

    The House Divided 2007

  • Shares of Airbus' parent company, the European Aeronautic, Defence and Space Company, plummeted by more than a third Wednesday after the plane-maker said it was again delaying delivery of its A380 superjet.

    Major Turbulence For EADS On A380 Delay 2006

  • "Trouble?" asked Bud, who had just dropped into the office with some flight-test data on a new Swift superjet.

    Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung Victor [pseud.] Appleton

  • The superjet will makes its debut commercial flight from Melbourne to Los Angeles on October 20, with its first flight out of Sydney, also to LA, on October 24.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2008

  • Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon attended the handover ceremony in Toulouse where he said the Australian carrier planned to boost its order for the superjet.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2008

  • Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon attended the handover ceremony in Toulouse where he said the Australian carrier planned to boost its order for the superjet.

    thedaily.com.au: Breaking News 2008

  • The superjet left the European plane makers home town of Toulouse after a glittering ceremony in the French city on Friday night and landed in Sydney about 9am (AEST).

    thedaily.com.au: Breaking News 2008

  • The superjet will make its debut commercial flight from Melbourne to Los Angeles on October

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2008

  • The superjet will makes its debut commercial flight from Melbourne to Los Angeles on October 20, with its first flight out of Sydney, also to LA, on October 24.

    thedaily.com.au: Breaking News 2008

  • The superjet left the European plane makers home town of Toulouse after a glittering ceremony in the French city on Friday night and landed in Sydney about 9am (AEST).

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2008

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.