Jacket

Pronunciation

• GenAm IPA: /ˈdʒæk.ɪt/
• Rhymes: -ækɪt
• Hyphenation: jack + et

Origin

From Middle French jacquet, diminutive of Old French jaque.

Full definition of jacket

Noun

1. A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
2. A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat ; coat US
3. A removable or replaceable protective or insulating cover for an object (eg a book, hot water tank.)
4. (slang) A police record.
• 1995, Clockers (film), 00:26:00:"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. With my jacket, I can't go back to jail."
• 1995, Clockers (film), 00:43:50:"Yo's jacket shows possession with intent, possession of unlicensed firearm, and assault, for which he still owes three years."
5. (military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.

Synonyms

• (piece of a person's suit) coat (US)
• (removable protective cover) sleeve

Derived terms

Descendants

• Irish: seaicéad
• Japanese: ジャケット
• Korean: 재킷
• Mandarin: 夾克, 夹克
• Scottish Gaelic: seacaid
• Welsh: siaced

Verb

1. (transitive) To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.
• 1897, Alexander James Wallis-Tayler, Motor Cars Or Power-carriages for Common Roads...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.