jacket
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jacket
- /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/ UK
- /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/ US
- /ˈd͡ʒæk.ət/
Rhymes with -ækɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle French jacquet, diminutive of Old French jaque.
noun jackets
- 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).
- An outer garment (usually white) intended for chefs and which may be taken to signify status.
- A vest (US); a waistcoat (UK).
- A letter jacket. He's hoping to earn his jacket this year.
- A lifejacket.
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A file jacket.
Similar: sleeve
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In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
Similar: sleeve
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The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
Cook the potatoes in their jackets.
Similar: sleeve
- A police record. We got a crowd of black, white customers, out-of-state license plates, what have you. Somebody gonna check that out. They gonna drop a dime on me, call 911. And you know with my jacket I can't go back to jail.
- A bastard child, in particular one whose father is unaware that he is not the child’s biological father.
verb jackets · jacketing · jacketting · jacketed · jacketted
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To confine (someone) to a straitjacket.
‘None of your gab, I tell you! If you speak another word, I'll have you jacketed[…]!’
Similar: straitjacket
- To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering. ...to...prevent...the loss of heat...there is also a layer of silicate cotton or slag wool. This latter material is also employed to jacket the chimney for a certain portion of its length.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: jacket crown, sweater, shirt, blouse, t-shirt, tuxedo, windbreaker, hoodie, suit, cloak, blazer, overcoat, raincoat, gown, collar, tux
Translations
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noun protective or insulating cover
| 日本語 | ジャケット jaketto |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 護封 /护封 hùfēng |
| हिन्दी | आवरण āvraṇ |
| Português | revestimento |
| Français | couverture, jaquette |
| Ελληνικά | κάλυμμα kálymma |
| Русский | суперобло́жка f for a book superoblóžka, чехо́л čexól, капо́т kapót, ко́жух m for a machine kóžux, руба́шка f for hot water tank rubáška, обши́вка obšívka |
noun piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse
| Español | chaqueta, campera, casaca, cazadora, chamarra, chompa |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 재킷 jaekit |
| 日本語 | ジャケット jaketto |
| 中文 | 夾克 /夹克 jiákè, 上衣 shàngyī |
| हिन्दी | जैकेट jaikeṭ |
| Kiswahili | jaketi |
| Português | jaqueta |
| Français | veste, blouson |
| Deutsch | Jacke |
| Italiano | giacca |
| Ελληνικά | σακάκι sakáki, ζακέτα zakéta |
| Română | geacă |
| Русский | ку́ртка kúrtka, жаке́т žakét |
| Tiếng Việt | áo vét tông, áo khoác |
| العربية | جَاكِيت jakēt, جَاكِت jākit, سُتْرَة sutra |
| עברית | זָ׳קֵט jakét |
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@misc{jacket_2026,
title = {jacket},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jacket},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
