Usually means: Engine that propels through exhaust.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word jet engine:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. jet engine: Merriam-Webster
  2. jet engine: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jet engine: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. jet engine: Collins English Dictionary
  5. jet engine: Vocabulary.com
  6. jet-engine: Wordnik
  7. jet engine: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. jet-engine, jet engine: Wiktionary
  9. jet engine: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. jet engine: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. jet engine: Dictionary.com
  12. Jet-engine, Jet engine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. jet engine: Rhymezone
  14. jet engine: FreeDictionary.org
  15. jet engine: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. jet engine: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. jet engine: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Jet-engine, jet engine: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jet engine: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See jet_engines as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (jet engine)

noun:  An engine that obtains thrust by taking in air at the front, using it to burn fuel, then ejecting the hot combustion products at the rear through a propulsive nozzle.
noun:  Any engine propelled by expelling a high speed fluid jet (jet propulsion), such as a rocket, turbojet, turbofan, ramjet, etc.

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