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