straightjacket

[ streyt-jak-it ]

/ ˈstreɪtˌdʒæk ɪt /

noun, verb (used with object)

straitjacket.

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Words nearby straightjacket

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Definition for straightjacket (2 of 2)

straitjacket

or straight·jack·et

[ streyt-jak-it ]

/ ˈstreɪtˌdʒæk ɪt /

noun

a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.

anything that severely confines, constricts, or hinders: Conventional attitudes can be a straitjacket, preventing original thinking.

verb (used with object) Also strait-jack·et.

to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.

Origin of straitjacket

First recorded in 1805–15; strait + jacket

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Example sentences from the Web for straightjacket

She must put the straightjacket on the patient when I have talked to him and given the order!
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We must try to prevent further violence and the doctor has sent to the hospital for a straightjacket.
Plays: The Father; Countess Julie; The Outlaw; The Stronger|August Strindberg
I always scheduled her last, so that I could exceed the 45 minutes straightjacket of the classic therapy session.
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British Dictionary definitions for straightjacket (1 of 2)

straightjacket

/ (ˈstreɪtˌdʒækɪt) /

noun

a less common spelling of straitjacket

British Dictionary definitions for straightjacket (2 of 2)

straitjacket

/ (ˈstreɪtˌdʒækɪt) /

noun

Also called: straightjacket a jacket made of strong canvas material with long sleeves for binding the arms of violent prisoners or mentally ill patients

a severe restriction or limitation

verb

(tr) to confine in or as if in a straitjacket

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Medical definitions for straightjacket

straitjacket

n.

A long-sleeved jacketlike garment used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person.