jettison
verb /ˈdʒetɪsn/
/ˈdʒetɪsn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they jettison | /ˈdʒetɪsn/ /ˈdʒetɪsn/ |
| he / she / it jettisons | /ˈdʒetɪsnz/ /ˈdʒetɪsnz/ |
| past simple jettisoned | /ˈdʒetɪsnd/ /ˈdʒetɪsnd/ |
| past participle jettisoned | /ˈdʒetɪsnd/ /ˈdʒetɪsnd/ |
| -ing form jettisoning | /ˈdʒetɪsnɪŋ/ /ˈdʒetɪsnɪŋ/ |
- jettison something to throw something out of a moving plane or ship to make it lighter
- to jettison fuel
- jettison something/somebody to get rid of something/somebody that you no longer need or want synonym discard
- He was jettisoned as team coach after the defeat.
- jettison something to reject an idea, a belief, a plan, etc. that you no longer think is useful or likely to be successful synonym abandon
Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun denoting the throwing of goods overboard to lighten a ship in distress): from Old French getaison, from Latin jactatio(n-), from jactare ‘to throw’, frequentative of jacere ‘to throw’. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent.