jet fuel

plural jet fuels

1. countableuncountableaeronauticsThe fuel that powers a jet aircraft.

   Synonyms: avtur, AVTUR, ATF, JP, jet propellant

   1. countableexcessivehumoroussometimesuncountableaeronauticsKerosene.

      Near-synonym: (often synonymous) lamp oil

      Synonyms: avtur, AVTUR, ATF, JP, jet propellant, lamp oil

2. slanguncountableStrong home-brewed alcoholic drink; moonshine; everclear.

   Near-synonym: paint thinner

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   Sometimes I wish I were still out on the back porch, drinking jet fuel with the boys, getting louder and louder as the empty cans drop out of our paws like booster rockets falling back to Earth and we soar up into the summer stars.

   1998, Tony Hoagland, Donkey Gospel: Poems, page 3

   Synonyms: paint thinner