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jump jet

jump jet noun: a jet airplane with fixed wings that is capable of vertical takeoff and landing as well as hovering, and, in some cases, also capable of becoming airborne in a conventional manner by gaining airspeed on a runaway.

jump jet: a jet airplane with fixed wings that is capable of vertical takeoff and landing as well as...
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Noun

jump jet (plural jump jets)

  1. (informal) A jet airplane with fixed wings that is capable of vertical takeoff and landing as well as hovering, and, in some cases, also capable of becoming airborne in a conventional manner by gaining airspeed on a runaway.
    • Yet, 24 of the 110 Harrier AV-8A jump jets, the British-built aircraft capable of leaping straight up from a carrier deck and then accelerating to more than 500 m.p.h., have crashed since the Marines first bought them seven years ago.1977 August 15, “Aircraft: The Marines' Bad Luck Plane”, in Time

Forms of jump jet

pluraljump jets

Questions about jump jet

What does jump jet mean?
Jump jet means a jet airplane with fixed wings that is capable of vertical takeoff and landing as well as hovering, and, in some cases, also capable of becoming airborne in a conventional manner by gaining airspeed on a runaway.
What part of speech is jump jet?
Jump jet is a noun.
What is the plural of jump jet?
The plural of jump jet is jump jets.

Words near jump jet in the dictionary

  1. jump humps
  2. jump in
  3. jump in one's skin
  4. jump in with both feet
  5. jump into action
  6. jump jet
  7. jump jets
  8. jump jockey
  9. jump jockeys
  10. jump lead
  11. jump leads

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