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shacket

shacket noun: a heavy overshirt worn as a jacket.

Noun

shacket (plural shackets)

  1. A heavy overshirt worn as a jacket.
    • Before you say it: No, it's not your regular, ol' button-up shirt. A shacket is a slightly oversized shirt-jacket hybrid that is just *chef's kiss* for layering.2023 November 4, Kim Duong, Megan Uy, Tarah-Lynn Saint-Elien, “22 Best Shackets to Get You Through the Chilly Fall Weather”, in Cosmopolitan
  2. A safari jacket.

Forms of shacket

pluralshackets

Origin of shacket

Blend of shirt + jacket.

Questions about shacket

What does shacket mean?
Shacket means a heavy overshirt worn as a jacket.
What part of speech is shacket?
Shacket is a noun.
What is the plural of shacket?
The plural of shacket is shackets.

Words near shacket in the dictionary

  1. shacked up
  2. Shackelford
  3. Shackelford County
  4. Shackelfords
  5. Shackerstone
  6. shacket
  7. shackets
  8. shacking
  9. shacking up
  10. shackjob
  11. shackjobs

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