flak jacket
Americannoun
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U.S. Air Force. an armored garment made of steel plates covered by a padded fabric, designed to protect vital parts of the body from shrapnel.
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a protective vest, especially one that is bulletproof.
noun
Etymology
Origin of flak jacket
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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Wine, who has been repeatedly arrested in the past, campaigned in a flak jacket, saying the race has become a "war".
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
Wearing a bluish flak jacket emblazoned with the word “Press,” she was recently in a Rafah refugee camp reporting on the lack of women’s sanitary products.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
His office issued photos afterwards showing him in a helmet and flak jacket meeting soldiers and commanders.
From Reuters ● Nov. 27, 2023
He reportedly was wearing a flak jacket with “press” on it.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
The captain who greeted us was wearing a flak jacket, the heavy vest that was supposed to stop bullets and shrapnel.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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