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jacket

[ jak-it ]

noun

  1. a short coat, in any of various forms, usually opening down the front.
  2. something designed to be placed around the upper part of the body for a specific purpose other than use as clothing:

    a life jacket.

  3. a protective outer covering.
  4. the skin of a potato, especially when it has been cooked.
  5. the cover of a paperbound book, usually bearing an illustration.
  6. a paper or cardboard envelope for protecting a phonograph record.
  7. a metal casing, as the steel covering of a cannon, the steel cover around the core of a bullet, or the water jacket on certain types of machine guns.
  8. a folded paper or open envelope containing an official document.


verb (used with object)

  1. to put a jacket on (someone or something).

jacket

/ ˈdʒækɪt /

noun

  1. a short coat, esp one that is hip-length and has a front opening and sleeves
  2. something that resembles this or is designed to be worn around the upper part of the body

    a life jacket

  3. any exterior covering or casing, such as the insulating cover of a boiler
  4. the part of the cylinder block of an internal-combustion engine that encloses the coolant
    1. the skin of a baked potato
    2. ( as modifier )

      jacket potatoes

  5. a metal casing used in certain types of ammunition
  6. a cover to protect a gramophone record Brit namesleeve
  7. a folder or envelope to hold documents
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to put a jacket on (someone or something)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈjacket-ˌlike, adjective
  • ˈjacketed, adjective
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Other Words From

  • jacket·ed adjective
  • jacket·less adjective
  • jacket·like adjective
  • under·jacket noun
  • un·jacket·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jacket1

1425–75; late Middle English jaket < Middle French ja ( c ) quet, equivalent to jaque jack 4 + -et -et
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jacket1

C15: from Old French jaquet short jacket, from jacque peasant, from proper name Jacques James
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Example Sentences

Fill its 18 liters of ripstop nylon with snacks and layers for a day hike, a camera and a jacket for running around town, or a bunch of groceries.

For its winter collection, Infantium Victoria is introducing the Weganool in a hoodie, a baby jacket and a cape.

From Ozy

That was the Before Times, of course, when a sharp-shouldered jacket and fitted trousers were daily workwear.

From Fortune

He told me how he’d walk around his “bad neighborhood” in Redwood City with a loaded pistol in his jacket pocket.

From Ozy

Then, as the melancholy music picks up, we see young adults slipping on their jackets and leaving their homes.

From Quartz

Otis says he was wearing a tan jacket similar to one described by witnesses.

Basosila Botala is wearing a blue rain jacket despite the sweltering heat.

I settle for a sweater and jacket and throw a tie in my briefcase just in case it turns out to be the prom.

Micah is 10 years old and he had a coat geared to the season, a Patagonia winter jacket with a hood.

Alice wore a black nylon rain jacket that looked as if it was ill prepared to deal with the coming chill.

During this conversation Harry's right hand was resting beneath his jacket, grasping the butt of his revolver.

He was so zealous a partisan of democracy, and of Cromwell, that the authorities frequently placed him in a straight jacket.

The farmer told him it was six miles; "but," he added, "you must ride sharp, or you will get a wet jacket before you reach it."

“Monsieur,” said the Comte de Lussigny with dignity, stuffing his winnings into his jacket pocket.

Her mother, wearing an ink-stained jacket, was busy at her desk, the pen scratching on the big sheets of pad paper.

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