jetting

Verb

jet (third-person singular simple present jets, present participle jetting, simple past and past participle jetted)

1. (intransitive) To spray out of a container.
2. (transitive) To spray with liquid from a container.
   • Farmers may either dip or jet sheep with chemicals.
3. (intransitive) To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion
4. (intransitive) To move (running, walking etc.) rapidly around
5. To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
   • The Town has the outer Branch of the River behind it, and the Harbour before it, jetting into which latter are cloſe Keys for the weighing and receiving of Cuſtomage on Merchandize, and for the meeting and conferring of Merchants and Traders.1724, Charles Johnson [pseudonym], “Of Captain Bartho[lomew] Roberts, and His Crew”, in A General History of the Pyrates, […], 2nd edition, London: Printed for, and sold by T. Warner, […], →OCLC...
6. To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
   • Why, lords, and think you not how dangerous
     It is to jet upon a prince’s right?c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

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