What does fighter jet mean?

Definition

A fast military airplane with jet engines, built to fight other aircraft.

Example sentences

• A fighter jet broke the sound barrier over town yesterday and set off every car alarm on our street.🔊

  A fighter jet broke the sound barrier over town yesterday and set off every car alarm on our street.

• Did you see the news? Two armed fighter jets had to escort a passenger plane that had stopped answering the radio.🔊

  Did you see the news? Two armed fighter jets had to escort a passenger plane that had stopped answering the radio.

• The air show was a total letdown: the fighter jets were grounded because of the fog, so we just walked around them on the tarmac.🔊

  The air show was a total letdown: the fighter jets were grounded because of the fog, so we just walked around them on the tarmac.

Related words

fighter jet in other languages

• In Portuguese
• In French
• In Japanese