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jettison en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdʒɛt.ə.z(ə)n/ (US)
  • (Australia) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈd͡ʒɛtɪsn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈdʒɛt.ə.s(ə)n/ (US)
  • /-zn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [-ɾ-] (US)

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.

Meanings

  1. (collective, uncountable) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon to lighten the vessel.
    • Deep-sea divers discovered centuries-old jettison resting on the sandy seafloor.
    • The shoreline was littered with the floating jettison from the wrecked freighter.
  2. (countable) The act of throwing goods overboard to lighten a ship or aircraft in distress.
    • The maritime court spent weeks reviewing the legality of the cargo jettison during the storm.
    • The captain ordered the immediate jettison of the heavy cargo to save the sinking ship.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
jettisons Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

jetsam ballast

Translations (27)

de Abwerfen (the action of jettisoning items) · da ballast (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon) · fr délestage (the action of jettisoning items) · ru балла́ст (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon) · ka გემიდან ტვირთის მოშორება (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon) · de Ballast (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon) · nl prijsgeven (the action of jettisoning items) · pl balast (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon) · nl overboordgooien (the action of jettisoning items) · nl opgeven (the action of jettisoning items) · ka გემიდან ტვირთის გადაყრა (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon) · nl ballast (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon) · fr lest (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon) · he הֲטָלָה לַיָּם (the action of jettisoning items) · tl taponlulan (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon) · ru выбра́сывание (the action of jettisoning items) · pt lastro (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon) · no hive (the action of jettisoning items) · ru сброс (the action of jettisoning items) · fi painolasti (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon) · pl wyrzucenie (the action of jettisoning items) · hu ballaszt (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon) · ka გადაყრა (the action of jettisoning items) · da losning (the action of jettisoning items) · pl zrzut (the action of jettisoning items) · cmn 拋棄 /抛弃 (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon) · fr largage (the action of jettisoning items)

jettison en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdʒɛt.ə.z(ə)n/ (US)
  • (Australia) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈd͡ʒɛtɪsn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈdʒɛt.ə.s(ə)n/ (US)
  • /-zn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [-ɾ-] (US)

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.

Meanings

  1. To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
    • Kidnapped Africans en route to the Americas were cursorily examined by the ship's surgeons in an attempt to cut losses by immediately jettisoning those with such stigmata as Winterbottom's sign, a swelling of the lymph nodes found in those who harbored trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness. 2008, Harriet A. Washington, “Southern Discomfort”, in Medical Apartheid, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, page 60:
    • The fuel tanks were jettisoned.
    • The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill.
  2. (figuratively) To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.
    • […] the defense of horrendous behavior as “free speech”; the jettisoning of “free speech” when it served corporate purposes; the way no one seeks permission but all expect forgiveness. 2018 October 30, David Streitfeld, “Where Trolls Reigned Free: A New History of Reddit”, in New York Times:
    • 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 jettisoning the features that have given trouble, in particular the chain-driven valve-motion, should give the Southern a supply of highly-competent machines able to last out the remaining life of steam on the S.R. 1957 July 14, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 496:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
jettisoning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
jettisoned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
jettisoned Tense=Past lexicographic
jettisons Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Antonyms

keep · retain · embrace · adopt

Deriveds

jettisonable · unjettisoned

Synonyms

dispose of · cast aside · pitch · throw away · cast off · junk · throw aside · chuck away · toss · throw out · discard · get rid of · dump · chuck · bin · trash · cast away · jettison · discard · lose · ditch · chuck out · cast off · chuck · scrap · can · ditch · discard · dump · 86 · shift · junk

Translations (51)

pl wyrzucić za burtę (to eject from a boat) · de loswerden (to let go or get rid of) · pl wyrzucić za burtę (to let go or get rid of) · da kaste over bord (to eject from a boat) · pl wyrzucać za burtę (to eject from a boat) · ru сбро́сить (to eject from a boat) · fr balancer (to let go or get rid of) · nl lozen (to eject from a boat) · nl achterlaten (to let go or get rid of) · it gettare in mare (to eject from a boat) · nb kvitte seg med (to let go or get rid of) · fr jeter par-dessus bord (to eject from a boat) · hu kihajít (to eject from a boat) · ru выбра́сывать (to let go or get rid of) · mi ākiri (to let go or get rid of) · nb kaste overbord (to eject from a boat) · nl van de hand doen (to let go or get rid of) · cs odhodit (to let go or get rid of) · ru вы́бросить (to let go or get rid of) · fr se débarrasser (to let go or get rid of) · fr larguer (to eject from a boat) · pt deslastrar (to eject from a boat) · tl taponlulanin (to eject from a boat) · nb kaste (to let go or get rid of) · nb kaste på sjøen (to eject from a boat) · cs zbavit se (to let go or get rid of) · it buttare (to let go or get rid of) · fi heittää yli laidan (to eject from a boat) · cs opustit (to let go or get rid of) · hu sutba dob (to let go or get rid of) · cs upustit (to let go or get rid of) · nl overboord werpen (to eject from a boat) · it espellere (to let go or get rid of) · it gettare (to let go or get rid of) · pt livrar-se de (to let go or get rid of) · cs zanechat (to let go or get rid of) · es echar del (to eject from a boat) · de abwerfen (to eject from a boat) · hu kidob (to eject from a boat) · ru сбра́сывать (to eject from a boat) · de über Bord werfen (to eject from a boat) · pt jogar fora (to let go or get rid of) · pl wyrzucać za burtę (to let go or get rid of) · hu megszabadul (to let go or get rid of) · he הֵטִיל לַיָּם (to eject from a boat) · de Ballast abwerfen (to eject from a boat) · fr abandonner (to let go or get rid of) · fr délester (to eject from a boat) · da smide over bord (to eject from a boat) · cs odhodit (to eject from a boat) · da losse (to eject from a boat)