jetter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
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Etymology: From jet + -er.
Base: jet
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: jetters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A self-confident person full of braggadocio.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: So helpe me God , so were ye better ; What shulde a begger be a jetter?
A late fifteenth-century reference to 'the jetters of the Inns of Court' anticipates the exclusive association of jetting with young men, as the word jet appears frequently in late sixteenth-century satires of city gallants who are described as 'jetters.'
'Be not too confident.' 'Faith, I am not. Should a begger be a jetter? And yet—'
gloss: Any of a number of devices that eject a pressurized stream of liquid.
pos: noun
examples: Many machines incorporate a mechanical or ultrasonic ' fobber ' or a jetter, using either beer or water , which induces beer in the filled bottle to rise as foam or fob and displace air in the space above the beer.
The medium-volume jetter has separate high pressure hoses for large and small diameter drains.
Occasionally problems do occur, such as when a wash jetter becomes blocked and so part of the tank is not cleaned.
Pressure, nozzle size, and the distance of the jetter from the capper are all adjusted based on package size and line speed. The settings should be evaluated based on the depth of the jet stream penetration, the control of the foam rise, and finally on the resulting headspace air and total package oxygen results.
gloss: A vehicle or engine that works by jet propulsion.
pos: noun
tags: often
examples: The jetter was upon us and it was a piston-powered engine.
Five hundred and forty-two men moved by jetter to Colorado Springs;thence, by helicopter, to the canyon hideaway.
Kiron maneuvered the jetter around obstacles, and glided into the open ocean.
Miles' and MERC's attempts to remove a crate of fireworks from their star-jetter sends it hurtling into space, requiring the team to pursue it in the jetter with Grandmother Po Po piloting.
gloss: An animal, such as a squid or jellyfish, that moves by jet propulsion. (Often used to distinguish it from similar animals with a different method of locomotion.)
pos: noun
examples: The most notable jetters are the cephalopod mollusks, but scallops, salps, dragonfly nymphs, jellyfish, frogfish, and others use jetting as their primary locomotory mode (Trueman, 1980).
In fact, almost none of the jetters were observed swimming with their tentacles extended.
Squid are best known for their prowess as jetters, reaching speeds of up to 8 m/s , and have been described as "invertebrate Olympians' because of their explosive mode of locomotion.
All jellyfish, be they rowers or jetters, use the same basic muscular system, and operate it in a broadly similar fashion.
gloss: One who drives or rides in a jet-propelled vehicle.
pos: noun
examples: The executive jetter's time-advantage over scheduled flights has, indeed, increased.
A final quirky note sounds about jetting east or west when we cross the International Dateline. Here , in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, jetters gain or lose a whole day.
Mason learned the speed-demon joys of water jetting with Steve, the world's most responsible water jetter.
"What do you think, Zav?" the jetter in the driver's seat asked, looking over at his partner. “Fresh off the assembly line, got out before her owner could program her to obey?”
gloss: A place where there is a natural spout or eruption, such as a geyser or jet of lava.
pos: noun
examples: A few feet further north lies a small jetter, by which the water is thrown up to the height of about three feet; and at the distance of twelve feet due south-east from this fountain, is situate a fine circular bason, the borders of which exhibit the most beautiful yellow sulphureous depositions..
Besides this great opening, there was in the pool another jetter, which also exhibited eruptions, though on a smaller scale, and was evidently connected with it, as there was a continual bubbling in a direct line between them.
The surface oft he land is snapped, and the lava boils up through the rift, inundating the surrounding country, and at intervals relieving iself by fiery jetters, which toss up cinder and ash, till the eruptive force is expended, and after having heaped up a cone of slag above its own mouth, is choked and subsides into tranquillity.
gloss: A jammer (player who attempts to score points by making their way past other players) on the televised version of the game.
pos: noun
examples: Despite new terminology (the jammer is now the jetter, the pack has become the power guard), the game essentially remains the same: four on four, with points scored when the jetter passes opposing players. Points also will awarded^([sic – meaning be awarded]) in “RollerGames” if the jetter “survives” the wall of death.
At the beginning of a period, players begin from a standing start on the main concourse, with blockers up front and the jetters (jammers) a few feet behind. During subsequent cycles in a period, blockers and jetters begin from a rolling start near the start line. Play begins on a single whistle. The cycle ends when 45 seconds have expired or the lead jetter ends the cycle.
“Jetters”, the new term for jammers, received extra points if they skated above the lines on the steep Wall of Death. They were then faced with the “Jet Jump”, which would net the jetter six points if he or she cleared a 12-foot marker, and two if the jetter landed in front of it safely without falling.
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