jet engine

NOUN

gas airplane engine

Synonyms

WEAK

fanjet pulsejet ramjet reaction engine rocket rocket motor turbofan turbojet turboprop

Example Sentences

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About 90 minutes later the jet engine was fired up.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

He said designing the turbine, which kept as much of the original jet engine features as possible, was a roughly 18-month undertaking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

If a data center wants to roar like a jet engine all night, that’s the deal.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2025

Maybe other jet engine makers like GE Aerospace, Safran, Rolls-Royce, or RTX could find some new business with AI hyperscalers.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

With a jet engine there is no torque, so your feet are not nearly as busy and you can concentrate on other things.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins