A male given name.
jett
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for jett.
Editorial note
When I met Lydia Jett I assumed that she is a woman but I did not ask.
Quick take
A male given name.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of jett gathered in one view.
A surname.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for jett.
noun
A male given name.
noun
A surname.
Example sentences
When I met Lydia Jett I assumed that she is a woman but I did not ask.
The coaster brakes where on a specialized jett 16 and we ditched this boat anchor quickly.
Joan Jett played the even cheaper Melody Maker model.
We started on a second-hand Specialized Jett 16 with a rear coaster brake (before I realized it was a mistake and ordered the much more expensive Rascal).
(They had flubbed a Joan Jett appearance the day before.) I did not expect it to play so bad nationally.
[…] > there’s a tiny chance that natural selection might have kicked in inside those jett bags, leading to the microorganisms evolving to survive.
(Incidentally, I created an account on some forum while I was reading the book and out of laziness borrowed the name of one of the characters, Jett Rink.
From popular genres I would think hip-hop would be the one to target; pop and rock have had pretty much for its entire existence encouraged listeners to link a recording with a band, and not to think about a producer or composer/writer, and to be generally negative about the idea of different performances (derided as covers, unless, like Joan Jett your covers become identified as the standard).
Quote examples
My kid's first bike with pedals was the Specialized Jett 16" at 8-9kg, that's absurd.
"Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance" - as misquoted by Jett Reno in Starfleet Academy.
"Own your own stuff" - Joan Jett's advice to new musicians.
Ford and Jett both started their careers there, and while I don't know if Ford ever anchored herself in the literature, Jett covered "I Love Rock&Roll" and had it covered in turn by Parton, which then leads to a fair chunk of that century.
Proper noun examples
This case strikes me as similar to the Joe Jett/Kidder Peabody case a few years earlier.
Examples: Dolly Parton covering Joan Jett; Alla Pugacheva and Sofia Rotaru covering t.
He had founded and then left Def Jam in the late 1980's --- he was an up-and-comer in rock in the early 1990s, but by 1993 he was already Tom Petty's go-to producer, and by the time of the Telecom Act in 1996 he had produced AC/DC, NIN, Johnny Cash, and Joan Jett.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use jett in a sentence?
When I met Lydia Jett I assumed that she is a woman but I did not ask.
What does jett mean?
A male given name.
What part of speech is jett?
jett is commonly used as noun.