jettison
to throw something away
TRANSLATION
jettison = überbordwerfen, im Notwurf abwerfen; ausgebrannte Raketenstufe absprengen jettisonable = abwerfbar
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The wealthy Roman banker Agostino Chigi was famed for throwing indulgent al fresco dinner parties at his Villa Farnese, overlooking the Tiber river in Rome. After each course, he would instruct his astonished guests to JETTISON their dishes and cutlery into the river. The gesture was less extravagant than it appeared, however; before each party servants would hang nets just below the river's surface, ensuring that none of Chigi's valuable tableware would be lost.
(Agostino Chigi - Italian banker (1465 -1520)
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"When Jonathan realized how much money the new business would generate, he JETTISONED the idea of leaving the company."
(Agostino Chigi - Italian banker (1465 -1520)
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"When Jonathan realized how much money the new business would generate, he JETTISONED the idea of leaving the company."
Did you
know?
jettison
verb
- to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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It must have been a common practice for sailors in the 15th century to lighten ships by tossing cargo into the sea, because a word created at the time, jetsam, means exactly that: "the act of throwing goods overboard".
In the mid-1800s, the verb jettison was brought into use primarily by insurance companies when they had to describe why and how cargo had been lost.
Nowadays, when people hear the word "jettison", most of them think of a plane or even hot-air balloon. Pilots in hot-air balloons might jettison sand sacks to allow the balloon to rise, and pilots of fighter planes occasionally jettison fuel in an emergency.
More broadly, jettison refers to getting rid of or throwing something away, generally rather impulsively, or in favour of another object that seems more desirable. "Our marketing manager jettisoned the idea of sponsoring the local football club when she discovered that two of the players had been arrested for taking drugs."
Used informally, "jettison" can also mean "to throw up" (sich übergeben, sich erbrechen)
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SYNONYMS
eject, abandon, reject, cast off, dump, unload
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION
"We may need to jettison this product from our portfolio."
verb
- to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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It must have been a common practice for sailors in the 15th century to lighten ships by tossing cargo into the sea, because a word created at the time, jetsam, means exactly that: "the act of throwing goods overboard".
In the mid-1800s, the verb jettison was brought into use primarily by insurance companies when they had to describe why and how cargo had been lost.
Nowadays, when people hear the word "jettison", most of them think of a plane or even hot-air balloon. Pilots in hot-air balloons might jettison sand sacks to allow the balloon to rise, and pilots of fighter planes occasionally jettison fuel in an emergency.
More broadly, jettison refers to getting rid of or throwing something away, generally rather impulsively, or in favour of another object that seems more desirable. "Our marketing manager jettisoned the idea of sponsoring the local football club when she discovered that two of the players had been arrested for taking drugs."
Used informally, "jettison" can also mean "to throw up" (sich übergeben, sich erbrechen)
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SYNONYMS
eject, abandon, reject, cast off, dump, unload
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION
"We may need to jettison this product from our portfolio."
