jettison
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jettison
- /ˈd͡ʒɛtɪsn̩/ UK
- /-zn̩/ UK
- /ˈdʒɛt.ə.s(ə)n/ US
- /ˈdʒɛt.ə.z(ə)n/ US
- [-ɾ-] US
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman getteson, from Old French getaison, from geter, jeter (modern French: would be *jetaison like pendaison); possibly from a Vulgar Latin *iectātiō, from *iectātus < iectāre, from Latin iactō. Doublet of jetsam.
noun jettisons
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Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon to lighten the vessel.
The shoreline was littered with the floating jettison from the wrecked freighter.
Similar: jetsam ballast
- The act of throwing goods overboard to lighten a ship or aircraft in distress. The captain ordered the immediate jettison of the heavy cargo to save the sinking ship.
verb jettisons · jettisoning · jettisoned
- To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load. The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill.
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To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.
Among the most modern of all the Pacific stock in Great Britain is the stud of "Merchant Navy" and "West Country" Pacifics on the Southern Region, and the rebuilding which is now being carried out, preserving all the best features of the Bulleid designs—such as the free-steaming boiler—and jettisoni
Similar: discard, chuck, ditch, dump, junk, lose, 86, bin, can, cast aside, cast off, cast away · Opposite: adopt, embrace, keep, retain
Translations
Every language
noun collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon
| 中文 | 拋棄 /抛弃 pāoqì |
|---|---|
| Português | lastro |
| Français | lest |
| Deutsch | Ballast |
| Русский | балла́ст ballást |
noun the action of jettisoning items
| Français | délestage, largage |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Abwerfen |
| Русский | сброс sbros, выбра́сывание vybrásyvanije |
| עברית | הֲטָלָה לַיָּם hatala layam |
verb to eject from a boat
| Español | echar del |
|---|---|
| Português | deslastrar |
| Français | délester, larguer, jeter par-dessus bord |
| Deutsch | über Bord werfen, Ballast abwerfen, abwerfen |
| Italiano | gettare in mare |
| Русский | сбра́сывать sbrásyvatʹ, сбро́сить sbrósitʹ |
| עברית | הֵטִיל לַיָּם hetil layam |
verb to let go or get rid of
| Português | jogar fora, livrar-se de |
|---|---|
| Français | se débarrasser, abandonner, balancer |
| Deutsch | loswerden |
| Italiano | gettare, buttare, espellere |
| Русский | выбра́сывать vybrásyvatʹ, вы́бросить výbrositʹ |
Talk about this word "jettison." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jettison. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. jettison. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jettison "jettison." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jettison.Cite this
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title = {jettison},
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