jacket

Definition

A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.

Etymology

From Middle French jacquet, diminutive of Old French jaque.

Example Sentences

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