Associations to the word «Jettison»

Wiktionary

JETTISON, noun. (uncountable) Collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
JETTISON, noun. (countable) The action of jettisoning items.
JETTISON, verb. To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
JETTISON, verb. To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective; discard.

Dictionary definition

JETTISON, verb. Throw away, of something encumbering.
JETTISON, verb. Throw as from an airplane.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats