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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King