jacket

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒækɪt/, /ˈd͡ʒækət/

Noun

jacket (plural jackets)

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 protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)
4. (slang) A police record.
   • 2014, Inherent Vice, 01:54:00:

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

5. (military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
6. The tough outer skin of a baked potato.

   Cook the potatoes in their jackets.

Synonyms

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

Translations

• French: veste
• German: Jacke
• Italian: giacca
• Portuguese: jaqueta
• Russian: ку́ртка
• Spanish: chaqueta, (casual jacket) chaqueta, (Argentina) campera, (Chile) casaca, (Spain) cazadora, (Bolivia) chamarra, (Ecuador) chompa, (El Salvador) chumpa, jacket (Costa Rica), jacket (Cuba)

Translations

• French: veste
• German: Jackett, Sakko
• Italian: giacchetta
• Portuguese: paletó
• Russian: пиджа́к
• Spanish: chaqueta, (Latin America) saco, (Spain) americana, (Puerto Rico) gabán, (Venezuela) paltó

Translations

• French: couverture, jaquette
• Portuguese: revestimento
• Russian: суперобло́жка

Verb

jacket (jackets, present participle jacketing; past and past participle jacketed)

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.

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