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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For one, if even more jet engine parts get diverted to produce power turbines, that could worsen the shortage in the jet-engine market, which is already very tight.

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

It consists of a large jet engine placed on top of a tube the length of a London bus.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

The Symphony turbine jet engine will power Boom’s Overture supersonic jet.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

Neither one of them heard the discordant sound of a jet engine coming near until it roared right above their heads.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin