Home > Antonyms > Antonyms for jetted

Antonyms for jetted

Grammar : Verb
Spell : jet
Phonetic Transcription : dʒɛt

Definition of jetted

Origin :
  • early 15c., "to prance, strut, swagger," from Middle French jeter "to throw, thrust," from Late Latin iectare, abstracted from deiectare, proiectare, etc., in place of Latin iactare "toss about," frequentative of iacere "to throw, cast," from PIE root *ye- "to do" (cf. Greek iemi, ienai "to send, throw;" Hittite ijami "I make"). Meaning "to sprout or spurt forth" is from 1690s. Related: Jetted; jetting.
  • verb spurt, gush
Example sentences :
  • They jetted into the bottles, and again nothing was left outside.
  • Extract from : « The Giants From Outer Space » by Geoff St. Reynard
  • He jetted off to the right, but the monster veered instantly.
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung » by Victor Appleton
  • She appeared clad in a thin slip of transparent and jetted gauze.
  • Extract from : « The Title Market » by Emily Post
  • Her shoulders were thrown back, her head was very erect, the jetted ornament on her bonnet shone like a warrior's crest.
  • Extract from : « The Shoulders of Atlas » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • A deep coughing sound troubled the stillness, way toward a wooded cape that jetted into the stream a mile distant.
  • Extract from : « The Gilded Age, Complete » by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner
  • Margaret cast the gown on the bed, revealing all its beauty of jetted lace and soft yellow silk with a dextrous sweep of her arm.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • Maria, with a jetted jacket, yellow petticoat and reboza, was waiting for her husband.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Canyon Pass » by Thomas K. Holmes
  • Chuckling, Bud darted in pursuit, whacked the porpoise that had nudged him, and jetted off again.
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung » by Victor Appleton
  • And now Graham beheld men running down among the wind-wheels, pointing weapons from which jetted out little smoky flashes.
  • Extract from : « When the Sleeper Wakes » by Herbert George Wells
  • When the night of the reception came, the "problem" came in a new dress having a jetted front.
  • Extract from : « The Leaven in a Great City » by Lillian William Betts

Synonyms for jetted

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019