(figuratively) Authoritarian or oppressive, especially in a cruel or violent manner.
Wearing jackboots.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackboot
jacket
jacket
noun
(Appalachia) A vest(US); a waistcoat (UK)
(Jamaica) A bastard child, in particular one whose father is unaware that they are not the child’s biological father.
(military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
(slang) A police record.
A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)
A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)
The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
verb
(transitive) To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.
To confine (someone) to a straitjacket.
jacketed
jacketed
adj
Dressed in a jacket.
Encased or enclosed inside a jacket.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jacket
jacketing
jacketing
noun
(countable, UK, dialect, archaic) A thrashing; a beating.
(countable, uncountable) A protective or insulating cover for an object; a jacket.
(countable, uncountable) Material used to make jackets.
verb
present participle of jacket
jacketless
jacketless
adj
Without a jacket (book cover).
Without a jacket (coat).
jacketlike
jackets
jackets
noun
plural of jacket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jacket
jacketwise
jacketwise
adv
In the manner of a jacket.
jackety
jackety
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jacket.
jacklighted
jacklighter
jacklighter
noun
A hunter who jacklights.
jacksmelt
jacksmelt
noun
Atherinopsis californiensis, an edible neotropical silverside native to the Pacific coast of North America.
jacksmelts
jacksmelts
noun
plural of jacksmelt
jacksonite
jacksonite
Noun
A Jacksonian.
jackstone
jackstone
noun
A jack; one of the playing pieces in the game of jacks.
jackstones
jackstones
noun
plural of jackstone
jestingstock
jockette
jockette
noun
(US, slang) The female equivalent of a jock.
(informal, dated) A female jockey.
jockettes
jockettes
noun
plural of jockette
jockteleg
jockteleg
noun
(Scotland, archaic) A folding knife.
justicelike
justicelike
adj
Alternative form of justice-like
keratoconjunctivitis
keratoconjunctivitis
noun
(pathology) An inflammation of the cornea and the conjunctiva.
leatherjacket
leatherjacket
noun
Any of several Atlantic fishes, of the genus Oligoplites, that have a leathery skin; leatherjack
Any of several brightly coloured tropical fishes, of the family Balistidae, including the filefish and the triggerfish; leatherfish
The larva of some crane flies
lumberjacket
lumberjacket
noun
A lumberjack shirt.
natterjack
natterjack
noun
A toad of species Bufo calamita (or Epidalea calamita), known for its running lizard-like gait and very loud mating call.
outjockey
outjockey
verb
(transitive) To outdo; to outvie.
outjockeyed
outjockeyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outjockey
outjockeying
outjockeying
verb
present participle of outjockey
overjacket
rattlejack
redjacket
rejacket
rejacket
verb
(transitive) To cover (a book, etc.) with a new jacket.
rejacketing
rejacketing
verb
present participle of rejacket
steeplejack
steeplejack
noun
A person whose job involves climbing tall structures like steeples in order to make repairs.
steeplejacks
steeplejacks
noun
plural of steeplejack
stockjobber
stockjobber
noun
(Britain, derogatory, trading) An unscrupulous stockbroker.
(chiefly Britain, trading) A stock exchange worker who deals only with brokers.
stockjobbers
stockjobbers
noun
plural of stockjobber
stockjobbery
straightjacket
straightjacket
noun
Misspelling of straitjacket.
straitjacket
straitjacket
noun
(figurative) Any situation seen as confining or restricting.
A jacket-like garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving his or her arms. Often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others.
verb
(by extension) To restrict the freedom of, either physically or psychologically.