noun
General Slang
ditching
· noun · military
Putting an aircraft down in the sea, on purpose or otherwise.
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Definitions
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A forced landing of an aircraft on water. Usually engine failure, battle damage, or running out of fuel over the sea. The pilot's last decent option short of bailing out.
“He nursed the Lanc halfway across the Channel before ditching off Dover.”
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By extension: to abandon or get rid of anything. The slang escaped the cockpit decades ago.
“I'm ditching this plan and starting over.”
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ditching In A Sentence
He nursed the Lanc halfway across the Channel before ditching off Dover.
I'm ditching this plan and starting over.
Origin & Usage
RAF, WWII-era. A controlled emergency water landing — from 'ditch' as in any body of water (sailors' slang for the sea going back centuries, e.g. 'the big ditch').
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