Definition of jetting

jet

verb

to leave.
I've got to jet.
- See more words with the same meaning: to go, leave, exit.
Last edited on Mar 16 1999. Submitted by Sarah from MI, USA on Mar 16 1999.
to move quickly.
He jetted from the cops.
- See more words with the same meaning: fast, quick, quickly.
- See more words with the same meaning: to go, leave, exit.
Last edited on Apr 01 2006. Submitted by blah b. on Apr 01 2006.
First use of the slang verb "to jet" in the sense of leaving swiftly, as far as this researcher can determine, is in the 50's science-fiction novel The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester.
Last edited on Oct 02 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 02 2012.

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Other terms relating to 'fast, quick, quickly':
*like sht off a shovel**	Definitions include: quickly.
like a bat out of hell	Definitions include: quickly.
in a heartbeat	Definitions include: quickly.
zippy	Definitions include: fast.
ASAP	Definitions include: acronym for "as soon as possible".
scream	Definitions include: to be strongly in agreement.
quick	Definitions include: "quickly".
fly	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome".
*like sht through a tin horn**	Definitions include: quickly.
book it	Definitions include: to move very fast.
right quick	Definitions include: quickly.
like crap through a goose	Definitions include: quickly.
on the double	Definitions include: quickly.
wit da quickness	Definitions include: quickly.
on the dub	Definitions include: quickly.
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Other terms relating to 'to go, leave, exit':
book it	Definitions include: to move very fast.
outie 5000	Definitions include: see Audi 5000.
bizounce	Definitions include: variant of "bounce", meaning to leave.
*get to fck**	Definitions include: go away.
split	Definitions include: to leave.
Audi 5000	Definitions include: to leave or exit quickly.
make like a baby and head out	Definitions include: to leave.
piss off	Definitions include: to leave.
bust out	Definitions include: to yell at someone; "blow up".
motor	Definitions include: to go.
skedaddle	Definitions include: to leave.
chug on over	Definitions include: to go.
off like a prom dress	Definitions include: to be leaving.
blow	Definitions include: to be of poor quality, displeasing.
I'm up	Definitions include: to leave.
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Other terms relating to 'jet':
cool (one's) jets	Definitions include: to calm down or wait.
jet set	Definitions include: the well-traveled elite who could afford to jet around the world.