jettison

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. (collective, uncountable) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
2. (countable) The action of jettisoning items.

Verb

1. To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
2. (figuratively) To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.

Συνώνυμα

discard

abandon

throw overboard

forsake

throw away

dump

ditch

drop out

fling

fling away

get rid of

give up

junk

leave behind

maroon

offload

quit

reject

relinquish

unload

sluff

86

abdicate

abnegate

cast aside

desert

🏜️

dispose

Μεταφράσεις

larguer

desechar

délester

Ballast

expeler

echar

jeter

loswerden

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒɛɾəsən/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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.