The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DUMP which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Jettison crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DUMP | 24 % | 4 |
| SCRAP | 18 % | 5 |
| TOSS | 16 % | 4 |
| SHED | 13 % | 4 |
| DITCH | 11 % | 5 |
| SLOUGH | 8 % | 6 |
| EJECT | 5 % | 5 |
| TOSSASIDE | 3 % | 9 |
| REMOVE | 3 % | 6 |
Why may DUMP be the right solution?
"DUMP" is the right answer because "jettison" means to get rid of or discard something, which is synonymous with "dump."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Jettison
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- abandon
- discard
- forgo
- forego
- relinquish
- eject
- renounce
- dump
- drop
- ditch
- lose
- waive
Crossword Answer definitions
DUMP noun- A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
- A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
- That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.
- An act of dumping, or its result.
- A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program
- A storage place for supplies, especially military.
- An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring or depressing looking place.
- (often with the verb "take") An act of defecation; a defecating.
- (usually in the plural) A sad, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; despondency
- Absence of mind; revery.
- A pile of ore or rock.
- A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune.
- An old kind of dance.
- A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin (called a holey dollar).
- A temporary display case that holds many copies of an item being sold.
- To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.
- To discard; to get rid of something one does not want anymore.
- To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.
- To copy data from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.
- To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug.
- To end a relationship with.
- To knock heavily; to stump.
- To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it
- To precipitate (especially snow) heavily.
- A thick, ill-shapen piece.
- A lead counter used in the game of chuck-farthing.
- A deep hole in a river bed; a pool.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result DUMP
- Jettison
- With 77-Across's third word, what this recipe makes
- Get rid of
- Leave in the lurch
- Deep-six
- Hit with a Dear John letter
- Oust without ceremony
- Dilapidated place
- Junkyard
- Landfill
More clues leading to the result SCRAP
More clues leading to the result TOSS
- Flip of a coin
- Chuck
- Mix, in a way
- Ref's pregame duty
- Sleep restlessly
- Turn's partner
- Call heads or tails
- Have a restless night
- Not sleep peacefully
- Fling
More clues leading to the result SHED
- Get hair all over the rug
- Lose hair
- Molt
- Place for the lawn mower
- Repel·
- Shelter
- Cast off
- Get rid of
- Hut
- Repel
More clues leading to the result DITCH
- Moat
- Leave behind, as a "friend"
- Leave behind, as one's "friends" might
- Get rid of
- Trench
- Steeplechase obstacle
- Deep-six
- Throw out
- Small waterway
- Dump
More clues leading to the result SLOUGH
- Cast (off)
- Shed, with "off"
- Discard, with "off"
- Discard.
- Place of deep mud.
- Swamp or bog.
- Jettison
- Swamp
- Stagnant swamp
- Shed (with "off")
More clues leading to the result EJECT
- Leave the plane suddenly?
- Cassette recorder button
- Oust
- VCR button
- Order to go
- DVD option
- Button for spitting out DVDs
- Send out, in the realm of physical media
- Expel
- Do a bouncer's job