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ditch

  [dich]
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–noun
1. a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
2. any open passage or trench, as a natural channel or waterway.
–verb (used with object)
3. to dig a ditch or ditches in or around.
4. to derail (a train) or drive or force (an automobile, bus, etc.) into a ditch.
5. to crash-land on water and abandon (an airplane).
6. Slang.
a. to get rid of: I ditched that old hat of yours.
b. to escape from: He ditched the cops by driving down an alley.
c. to absent oneself from (school or a class) without permission or an acceptable reason.
–verb (used without object)
7. to dig a ditch.
8. (of an aircraft or its crew) to crash-land in water and abandon the sinking aircraft.
9. Slang. to be truant; play hooky.
Origin:
bef. 900; 1940–45 for def. 5, 1885–90 for def. 6, 1955–60 for def. 9; ME dich, OE dīc; c. G Teich. See dike 1

Related forms:
ditchless, adjective
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Slang Dictionary
ditch

  1. tv.
    to dispose of someone or something; to abandon someone or something. : The crooks ditched the car and continued on foot.
  2. tv. & in.
    to skip or evade someone or something. : Pete ditched class today.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

ditch 
O.E. dic "ditch, dike," a variant of dike (q.v.). Sense of "abandon, discard" is first recorded in Amer.Eng. 1899. Last ditch (1715) refers to the last line of military defenses.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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