jacket
noun
a short coat, in any of various forms, usually opening down the front.
jackets
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pluralof jacket.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof jacket (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
jacketnouna short coat, in any of various forms, usually opening down the front.
Example Sentences
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On Sphere’s escalators, grey-bearded lifers hugged in shredded battle jackets; tween girls in “Master of Puppets” hoodies drummed along to every fill; accents came from eastern Europe, Latin America and all the world over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
It is also trying to move beyond jeans by branching into other pieces from the period, such as slip dresses and leather jackets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Zips were used to modulate the length of skirts, they ran across leather jackets and down a flared blue pair of trousers.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
Gemma and her daughter Casey travelled from Edinburgh wearing handmade custom jackets.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
It looks kind of like the jackets the bikers wear.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
