Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jump jet

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables: jump -jet
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Informal

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

jump jets (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

VTOL

Questions

What does jump jet mean?: 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.

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