jet airplane

noun

1. jet plane.

Word History and Origins

Origin of jet airplane¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Six people are presumed dead after a jet airplane crashed into a residential neighborhood in San Diego County on Thursday morning amid dense fog, but investigators have yet to release the names of those aboard.

From Los Angeles Times

The rest was drowned out by the sound of a shaking grandstand and the jet airplane screech of 58,000 people.

From Los Angeles Times

The noise soared like a jet airplane on take-off.

From Los Angeles Times

“The jet airplane changed the place. We’re not as close to each other as we had been.”

From Washington Post

A woman looks on as a business jet airplane takes off in Kyiv, Ukraine September 17, 2021.

From Reuters