ditching
Leaving something behind
Ditching is abandoning or getting rid of something—or someone.
You ditch class by skipping it, ditch a plan by dropping it, ditch a boyfriend by breaking up.
I'm ditching this old laptop.
The word carries casual disregard: what's ditched wasn't worth keeping.
In aviation, ditching is an emergency water landing: The pilot ditched in the Hudson River.
Unexcused absence from school
- playing hookySkipping school secretly
- truancyUnauthorized absence from school
- bunking offUnauthorized absence from duties
- absentNot in attendance
no-show · blowing off · missing · skiving · unexcused · cutting school · AWOL
Renouncing or abandoning completely
- desertingAbandoning one's obligations
- leavingAct of going away
- strandingLeaving helplessly isolated
- jiltingAbruptly ending courtship
dumping · discarding · quitting · casting off · shedding · marooning · neglecting · dropping
Long narrow excavation
- diggingRemoving earth below
- drainageLiquid removal system
- channelPassage for transmission
- culvertTunnel for water passage
irrigation · waterway · gutter · earthworks · backhoe · shovel · trenching · earthmover
Rapid escape from danger
- evadingSkillfully keeping away from
- eludingEscaping or avoiding skillfully
- dodgingAvoiding by moving aside
- skippingRhythmic hopping locomotion
avoiding · slipping away · sneaking off · absconding · bolting · getting away · shaking off · losing
Unscheduled descent due to crisis
- forced landingUnscheduled aircraft touchdown
- water landingEmergency descent onto water
- splashdownSpacecraft's water landing
- bailoutEmergency aid preventing bankruptcy
crash landing · going down · belly landing · mayday · wreckage · impact · aviation · pilot
Channel carved by flowing water
- ravineDeep, narrow valley
- channelPassage for transmission
- gulchSteep narrow ravine
- arroyoSeasonal desert watercourse
coulee · swale · depression · hollow · draw · trench · furrow · moat
Contemptuously refusing or dismissing
- rebuffingCurtly refusing or dismissing
- snubbingPointedly ignoring someone
- turning downRefusing to accept
- decliningDecreasing in strength
refusing · dismissing · brushing off · cold-shouldering · blowing off · passing on · saying no · nixing
cutting class
Unexcused absence from school
- playing hookySkipping school secretly
- truancyUnauthorized absence from school
- bunking offUnauthorized absence from duties
absent · no-show · blowing off · missing · skiving · unexcused · cutting school · AWOL
forsaking
Renouncing or abandoning completely
jilting · dumping · discarding · quitting · casting off · shedding · marooning · neglecting · dropping · walking away
trench
Long narrow excavation
culvert · irrigation · waterway · gutter · earthworks · backhoe · shovel · trenching · earthmover · excavator
fleeing
Rapid escape from danger
- evadingSkillfully keeping away from
- eludingEscaping or avoiding skillfully
- dodgingAvoiding by moving aside
skipping · avoiding · slipping away · sneaking off · absconding · bolting · getting away · shaking off · losing · ducking
emergency landing
Unscheduled descent due to crisis
- forced landingUnscheduled aircraft touchdown
- water landingEmergency descent onto water
- splashdownSpacecraft's water landing
bailout · crash landing · going down · belly landing · mayday · wreckage · impact · aviation · pilot · aircraft
gully
Channel carved by flowing water
arroyo · coulee · swale · depression · hollow · draw · trench · furrow · moat · drainage basin
spurning
Contemptuously refusing or dismissing
- rebuffingCurtly refusing or dismissing
- snubbingPointedly ignoring someone
- turning downRefusing to accept
declining · refusing · dismissing · brushing off · cold-shouldering · blowing off · passing on · saying no · nixing · vetoing
- bad behaviorcheating, stealing, lying, greed, selfishness
- school attendanceattendance, absence, absences, truancy, tardy
- school mischiefspitballs, note passing, passing notes, cheating, copying
- slang behaviorsgoofing off, messing around, fooling around, horsing around, slacking
- aviation jargoncockpit, fuselage, jetway, pushback, holding pattern
- earthworkdigging, excavation, excavating, trenching, shoveling
ditchingkeeping
Holding in custody
retaining · preserving · maintaining · saving · storing
ditchingattending
Being at an event
showing up · honoring · keeping · going to · meeting
ditchingstanding by
Ready to act
embracing · including · supporting · accompanying · honoring
- ding-dong ditchingPrank ringing then hiding