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jet engine
An engine that makes power by burning a continuous stream of fuel and air.

A jet engine moves a plane or car forward by firing a stream of hot gas backward; a scientific idea known as action and reaction or Newton's third law.

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jet lag (s) (noun) (no plural)
A very tired and unpleasant feeling which a person sometimes gets when he or she travels by aircraft somewhere far away: Gerda had bad jet lag after her last trip overseas.
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jet lagged (noun), more jet lagged, most jet lagged
Descriptive of being very tired and lacking physical energy after a long flight: Walter's jet lagged sister had to recuperate and readjust to her normal life after her flight home from Canada back to Germany.
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