jacket
IPA: dʒˈækʌt
noun
- A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
- A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)
- A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)
- (slang) A police record.
- (military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
- The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
- (Jamaica) A bastard child, in particular one whose father is unaware that they are not the child’s biological father.
- (Appalachia) A vest(US); a waistcoat (UK)
verb
- To confine (someone) to a straitjacket.
- (transitive) To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.
Examples of "jacket" in Sentences
- It was a quilted jacket.
- My jacket is waterproof.
- I bought a windshield jacket.
- I am the guy in the plaid shirt and black jacket.
- The toddler was dressed in purple leggings, a top and jacket.
- The maniac, wearing a high vis jacket, pointed a gun at a woman.
- The man on the left is wearing a checkered shirt with a rain jacket.
- Mr. Charles, dressed in a natty gray jacket, looked over at his friends.
- The history of the Flight Jacket and Bomber Jacket are distinctly different.
- Nylon fetishism includes the wearing of shiny raincoats, jackets and trousers.