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jet·ti·son (jĕt'ĭ-sən, -zən)
tr.v., -soned, -son·ing, -sons.
  1. To cast overboard or off: a ship jettisoning wastes; a pilot jettisoning aircraft fuel.
  2. Informal. To discard (something) as unwanted or burdensome: jettisoned the whole marketing plan.
n.
  1. The act of discarding or casting overboard.
  2. Jetsam.

[From Middle English jetteson, a throwing overboard of goods to lighten ship, from Anglo-Norman getteson, from Vulgar Latin *iectātiō, iectātiōn-, from *iectātus, past participle of *iectāre, to throw. See jet2.]




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