# jettison

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɛɾəsən/ · frequency rank #50,612

## Definitions
1. Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
2. The action of jettisoning items.

## Etymology
From Anglo-Norman getteson, from Old French getaison, from geter, jeter (modern French: would be *jetaison like pendaison); possibly from a Vulgar Latin *iectātiō, from *iectātus < iectāre, from Latin iactō. Doublet of jetsam.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/jettison