jettison

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

achterlaten

storten

weggooien

van de hand doen

lozen

overboord werpen

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

larguer

desechar

délester

Ballast

expeler

echar

jeter

loswerden

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒɛɾəsən/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.