About The Word Jettison

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Jettison to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Jettison definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Jettison

Jettison Meaning & Definition
Jettison Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Jettison?

[v] throw as from an airplane
[v] throw away, of something encumbering

Synonyms | Synonyms for Jettison:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Jettison: abandon | abandonment | abdicate | absentation | back out | beg off | boot out | booting out | bounce | cashier | cast | cast aside | cast away | cast off | cast out | castaway | casting away | castoff | cessation | chuck | chuck out | cry off | deep six | deep-six | defenestrate | defenestration | depart from | desuetude | detrude | detrusion | discard | discarding | discharge | disposal | dispose of | disposition | disuse | ditch | drop out | dump | dumping | eighty-six | eject | ejection | ejectment | eliminate | elimination | evacuate | evacuation | exclude | expel | expulsion | extrude | extrusion | forsake | forsaking | get quit of | get rid of | get shut of | give away | give the hook | go back on | heave out | jettisoning | jilt | junk | junking | kick downstairs | kick out | kicking downstairs | leave | leave behind | leave flat | leaving | maroon | obtrude | obtrusion | oust | ouster | ousting | part with | pull out | pulling out | put out | quit | quit cold | refuse | reject | rejectamenta | rejection | relegation | removal | remove | renege | riddance | say goodbye to | scrap | scrapping | shed | slough | stand down | take leave of | the boot | the bounce | throw away | throw out | throw over | throw overboard | throwaway | throwing out | throwing overboard | thrust out | toss out | toss overboard | turn out | vacate | withdraw | withdrawal

See Also | cast aside | cast away | cast out | chuck out | discard | dispose | fling | put away | throw | throw away | throw out | toss | toss away | toss out

Jettison In Webster's Dictionary

\Jet"ti*son\ n. [See {Jetsam}.] 1. (Mar. Law) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck. 2. See {Jetsam}, 1.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Marang ‐ tropical fruit from the Philippines having a mass of small seeds…
  • Point in time ‐ a very short period of time; "at that point I had…
  • Touchstone ‐ a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other…
  • Systems program ‐ a program (as an operating system or compiler or utility program)…
  • Purplish blue ‐ a shade of blue tinged…
  • Up on(p) ‐ being up to particular standard or level especially in being…
  • Flagitious ‐ shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a…
  • Flesh ‐ alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied…
  • Bramley's seedling ‐ very large…
  • Arraign ‐ accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy [v] call before a court to…