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straitjackets

straitjackets is the plural of straitjacket.

straitjackets is the third-person singular simple present indicative of straitjacket.

Meaning of straitjacket

Noun

straitjacket (plural straitjackets)

  1. A jacketlike garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving their arms; often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others.
    • There’s a couple of people actually wearing duct-tape straitjackets.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 243
    Synonyms:
    straitwaistcoat
  2. (figuratively) Any situation seen as confining or restricting.
    • our ever-increasing bureaucratic straitjacket of regulations

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Questions about straitjackets

What is straitjackets the plural of?
Straitjackets is the plural of straitjacket.

Words near straitjackets in the dictionary

  1. straithandedness
  2. straiting
  3. straitjacket
  4. straitjacketed
  5. straitjacketing
  6. straitjackets
  7. straitjacketted
  8. straitjacketting
  9. straitlaced
  10. straitlacedly
  11. straitlacedness

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