jettison

Meaning of jettison

verb
  1. throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship.
    six aircraft jettisoned their loads in the sea
noun
  1. the action of jettisoning something.
    the jettison lever

late 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’ (see jet1). The verb dates from the mid 19th century.

Information about jettison

  • The plural form of jettison is: jettisons.
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Hyphenation of jettison

jet-ti-son

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • jettison is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Translation of jettison

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