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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.
EXPANDthe skin of a potato, especially when it has been cooked.
6.
the cover of a paperbound book, usually bearing an illustration.
7.
a paper or cardboard envelope for protecting a phonograph record.
8.
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.
9.
COLLAPSEa folded paper or open envelope containing an official document.
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verb (used with object)
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to put a jacket on (someone or something).
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Word Origin & History
jacket
mid-15c., from M.Fr. jaquet, dim. of O.Fr. jaque, a kind of tunic, probably from Jacque, the male proper name, also the generic name of a French peasant (see jacquerie), but possibly associated with jaque (de mailles) "short, tight-fitting coat," originally "coat of mail,"
EXPANDfrom Sp. jaco, from Arabic shakk "breastplate." Iakke "a short, close-fitting upper garment" is attested in English from late 14c. Meaning "paper wrapper of a book" is first attested 1894.
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Medical Dictionary
jacket jack·et (jāk'ĭt)
n.
A fixed bandage applied around the body to immobilize the spine.
An artificial crown of a tooth composed of fired porcelain or acrylic resin.
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