JETTISON

jettison

(verb) throw as from an airplane

jettison

(verb) throw away, of something encumbering

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

jettison (plural jettisons)

(uncountable, collective) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.

Synonym: jetsam ballast

(countable) The action of jettisoning items.

Verb

jettison (third-person singular simple present jettisons, present participle jettisoning, simple past and past participle jettisoned)

To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.

(figurative) To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.

Synonyms: discard, chuck, ditch, dump, junk, lose, Thesaurus:junk

Source: Wiktionary

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Jet"ti*son. n. Etym: [See Jetsam.]

1. (Mar. Law)

Definition: The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.

2. See Jetsam, 1.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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