Collocations for "jet"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "jet" in context.
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jet
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n as adj
- a jet [pilot, fighter, plane]
- is popular with the jet set
- [invented, developed] the jet engine
- a jet-propulsion laboratory
- jet [fuel, production, crashes]
- the (polar) jet stream
- go jet skiing
- a private jet charter
- how's your jet lag?
- (still) experiencing jet lag
- jet-black hair
- jet black in color
- [cold, cool] air from the jet stream
- a jet of [water, steam, flames]
- a [sudden, strong, powerful] jet of [water]
- [hit, knocked down, struck] by a jet of [water]
- the [pilot, crew, captain] of the [private] jet
- have never flown on a [private] jet
- the jet was flying [over, near, towards]
- [destroyed, ruined, killed] by fighter jets
- [launched, programmed, controlled] unmanned jets
- the jet took off from the [runway, airstrip]
- the (fighter) jet landed on the [airstrip]
- is [really, very, incredibly] jet lagged
- wearing a jet-black [shirt, dress]
'jet' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aircraft
- airplane
- battery
- bubble
- burn
- charter
- cockpit
- cocktail
- dive
- enemy
- escort
- executive
- fighter
- fin
- fleet
- flight
- flying
- hostile
- kite
- lag
- landing
- lock
- loop
- pilot
- playground
- rental
- ripple
- rocket
- sea
- set
- ski
- slice
- spear
- tail
- thirsty
- wake
- wedge
- whine