Jets

Football or hockey

The Jets are New York's professional football team (NFL) and share their name with the city's former hockey team.

The name evokes speed and modernity.

In musical theater, the Jets are the white street gang in *West Side Story*, rivals to the Puerto Rican Sharks. (Lowercase jets are streams of fluid or aircraft.)

musical

West Side Story

Broadway musical, rival gangs

  • gangOrganized criminal group
  • BroadwayManhattan theatrical district
  • musicalSung theatrical production

Bernstein · Sondheim · Tony · Maria · rumble · switchblade · rivalry · turf

football

NFL

Pro football organization

defense · gridiron · endzone · helmet · playbook · coach · draft · linebacker · blitz · fumble

Categories
Opposites
nfl rivalry

JetsGiants

Oversized mythic race

Patriots · New York Giants · Bills · New England Patriots · Miami Dolphins

aircraft propulsion type

Jetspropeller planes

Aircraft powered by rotating blades

gliders · helicopters · turboprops · sailplanes · blimps

water flow dynamics

Jetstrickles

Flows in drops

drips · dribbles · seepage · ooze · stagnant water

Phrases
Family

jet, jettison, jetted, jetting, jetliner, fighter jet, jettisoning, jettisons, jettisoned

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G