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jump jets

jump jets is the plural of jump jet.

Meaning of jump jet

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

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What is jump jets the plural of?
Jump jets is the plural of jump jet.

Words near jump jets in the dictionary

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

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