jettison

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛɾəsən/, /ˈd͡ʒɛtɪsən/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛtɪsn̩/, /-zn̩/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛd.ə.s(ə)n/, /ˈdʒɛd.ə.z(ə)n/, /ˈd͡ʒɛtɪsn̩/, /-zn̩/ Hyphenation: jet‧ti‧son === Noun === jettison (plural jettisons) (uncountable, collective) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon to lighten the vessel. Synonym: jetsam ballast (countable, maritime, law) The act of throwing goods overboard to lighten a ship or aircraft in distress. ==== Translations ==== === 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. Synonyms: cast off, discard (figurative) To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective. Synonyms: discard, chuck, ditch, dump, junk, lose; see also Thesaurus:junk Antonyms: adopt, embrace, keep, retain ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === jettison on Wikipedia.Wikipedia