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- Dictionarystraitjacket/ˈstreɪtˌdʒakɪt/
noun
- 1. a strong garment with long sleeves which can be tied together to confine the arms of a violent prisoner or mental patient.
verb
- 1. restrain with a straitjacket.
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1. a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person. 2. anything that severely confines, constricts, or hinders. Conventional attitudes can be a straitjacket, preventing original thinking. transitive verb. 3. to put in or as in a straitjacket.
noun. strait· jack· et ˈstrāt-ˌja-kət. variants or less commonly straightjacket. Synonyms of straitjacket. 1. : a cover or overgarment of strong material (such as canvas) used to bind the body and especially the arms closely in restraining a violent prisoner or patient. 2. : something that restricts or confines like a straitjacket. straitjacket.
STRAITJACKET definition: 1. a strong piece of special clothing that ties the arms to the body and is used for limiting the…. Learn more.
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.
A straitjacket is a special jacket used to tie the arms of a violent person tightly around their body. 2. If you describe an idea or a situation as a straitjacket , you mean that it is very limited and restricting.
A straitjacket is a garment shaped like a jacket with long sleeves that surpass the tips of the wearer's fingers. Its most typical use is restraining people who may cause harm to themselves or others.
n. 1. A long-sleeved jacketlike garment used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent patient or prisoner. 2. Something that restricts, hinders, or confines: the straitjacket of bureaucratic paperwork.
straitjacket meaning, definition, what is straitjacket: a special piece of clothing that prevent...: Learn more.
A jacket-shaped restraint that's meant to confine a violent person safely is called a straitjacket. Straitjackets were once commonly used in psychiatric hospitals.
Definition of straitjacket noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
