jetting

• Adjectif littéraire ou technique désignant ce qui jaillit, s'élance ou se projette vers l'avant, souvent en parlant d'un jet de liquide ou d'un mouvement rapide.

An obsolete adjective meaning 'sprouting' or 'shooting forth', now rarely used in modern English.

1. Propelled violently in a narrow streamC1formal

   Describing something that is forcefully ejected or shot out in a thin, fast-moving stream.

   jaillissant

   • The jetting water from the broken pipe flooded the basement.
   • Jetting flames erupted from the engine's exhaust.
   • The jetting steam escaped from the pressure valve.

   Synonymesshootingspoutingspurtingsquirting

• Verbe désignant le fait de voyager en avion à réaction ou, dans un contexte informel, de se déplacer rapidement.

A verb used to indicate traveling by jet aircraft or, informally, moving quickly.

1. Travel by jet aircraftB1informal

   To travel or move quickly by jet plane.

   Voyager en avion à réaction

   • They jetted off to Paris for the weekend.
   • She jetted across the Atlantic for a business meeting.
   • He jetted to Tokyo for a conference.

   Synonymesfly

2. Emit in a streamB2formal

   To issue or shoot out in a fast, powerful stream.

   jaillir en un flux puissant

   • Water jetted from the broken pipe.
   • The fountain jetted water high into the air.
   • Steam jetted out of the kettle.

   Synonymesdischargeemitgushshootspoutspraysquirtstream

   Antonymesabsorbretainsoak