jacket

/ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/

noun 5verb 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

bomber, combat, dinner, flak, flying, life, shooting, ski, smoking, sports

She put on her leather bomber jacket before heading out to the concert.

VERB + JACKET

pull on, shrug (sth) into, shrug on, slip on, throw on

He quickly pulled on his jacket before rushing out the door.

pull off, remove, shrug off/out of, slip off | button (up), do up, zip up | unbutton, undo, unzip | hang up

drape, sling

He slung his leather jacket over his arm before leaving the office.

JACKET + VERB

hang

She hung her jacket on the hook by the door when she arrived home.

JACKET + NOUN

pocket, sleeve

She found a twenty-dollar bill in her jacket pocket while doing laundry.

PHRASES

a jacket and tie

My father always wore a jacket and tie to his office job every weekday.

Definitions

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.)

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.

Yo's jacket shows possession with intent, possession of unlicensed firearm, and assault, for which he still owes three years.

In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.

verb

To confine (someone) to a straitjacket.

‘None of your gab, I tell you! If you speak another word, I'll have you jacketed[…]!’

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.

By jacketting the mercury tube determinations can be made at any temperature desired.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial cro

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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Yo's jacket shows possession with intent, possession of unlicensed firearm, and assault, for which he still owes three years.

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"I need to look up somebody's jacket."

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‘None of your gab, I tell you! If you speak another word, I'll have you jacketed[…]!’

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...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.

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By jacketting the mercury tube determinations can be made at any temperature desired.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, jacket is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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