## Meanings
1. A fast aircraft powered by jet engines instead of propellers.
2. A fast, narrow stream of liquid or gas forced out under pressure.
3. To come out in a fast, narrow stream.
4. Very deep, shiny black.

## Examples
- They flew to New York on a private jet.
- A jet of water shot from the broken pipe.
- Steam jetted from the cracks in the ground.
- She had long, jet black hair.

## Derived Forms
- biojet
- bizjet
- counterjet
- dijet
- electrojet
- fanjet
- helijet
- hoverjet
- hydrojet
- inkjet
- jet-black
- jet-borne

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: get
- Root: jayet
- Root: gagātēs
- Root: Γαγάτης

## Etymology
From Middle English get, geet, gete, from a northern form of Old French jayet, jaiet, gaiet, from Latin gagātēs, from Ancient Greek Γαγάτης (Gagátēs), from Γάγας (Gágas, “a town and river in Lycia”). Doublet of gagate.

## AI Etymology
Jet comes from Middle English get, geet, gete, from a northern form of Old French jayet, jaiet, gaiet, from Latin gagātēs, from Ancient Greek Γαγάτης (Gagátēs), from Γάγας (Gágas, “a town and river in Lycia”). Doublet of gagate.

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