jacket

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   in dentistry, a dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth

   I got a new jacket last week and my tooth feels so much better.

2. 2
   noun

   a short coat

   You will need to wear a jacket, because it is below freezing outside.

3. 3
   noun

   an outer wrapping or casing

   Phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets.

4. 4
   noun

   the tough metal shell casing for certain kinds of ammunition

   This ammunition has a full metal jacket.

5. 5
   noun

   the outer skin of a potato

   Wash the jackets before you boil the potatoes.

6. 6
   verb

   to put a jacket on

   I jacketed the kids before we went skiing.

7. 7
   verb

   to provide with a thermally non-conducting cover

   The tubing needs to be jacketed.

8. 8
   noun

   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.

Etymology

From Middle French jacquet, diminutive of Old French jaque.