ALL meanings of jettison
jet·ti·son
J j - transitive verb jettison throw overboard 1
- transitive verb jettison discard 1
- verb with object jettison to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency. 1
- verb with object jettison to throw off (something) as an obstacle or burden; discard. 1
- verb with object jettison Cards. to discard (an unwanted card or cards). 1
- noun jettison the act of casting goods from a vessel or aircraft to lighten or stabilize it. 1
- abbreviation JETTISON jetsam. 1
- noun jettison Throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship. 1
- noun jettison (Uncountable Noun) Collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon. 0
- noun jettison (Countable Noun) The action of jettisoning items. 0
- verb jettison To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load. 0
- verb jettison To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective; discard. 0
- verb jettison If you jettison something, for example an idea or a plan, you deliberately reject it or decide not to use it. 0
- verb jettison To jettison something that is not needed or wanted means to throw it away or get rid of it. 0
- verb jettison to throw away; abandon 0
- verb jettison to throw overboard 0
- noun jettison a throwing overboard of goods to lighten a ship, airplane, etc. in an emergency 0
- abbreviation JETTISON jetsam 0
- verb transitive jettison to throw (goods) overboard 0
- verb transitive jettison to discard (something) as useless or a burden 0