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rejet

rejet verb: to change the fuel to air ratio of a carburetor; to replace or adjust a carburetor jet.

Verb

rejet (third-person singular simple present rejets, present participle rejetting, simple past and past participle rejetted)

  1. To change the fuel to air ratio of a carburetor; to replace or adjust a carburetor jet.
    • As a general rule the four-hole spacer helps torque while the one-hole spacer helps top end. You may have to rejet the carburetor before any gain from the spacer is found, whether it is a one-hole or a four-hole.1989, Larry Shepard, How to Hot Rod Small-block Mopar Engines, page 140

Forms of rejet

third-person singular presentrejets
present participlerejetting
past participlerejetted
pastrejetted

Origin of rejet

From re- + jet.

Questions about rejet

What does rejet mean?
Rejet means to change the fuel to air ratio of a carburetor; to replace or adjust a carburetor jet.
What part of speech is rejet?
Rejet is a verb.
What is the past tense of rejet?
The past tense of rejet is rejetted.

Words near rejet in the dictionary

  1. rejects
  2. rejerk
  3. rejerked
  4. rejerking
  5. rejerks
  6. rejet
  7. rejets
  8. rejetted
  9. rejetting
  10. rejig
  11. rejigged

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