STRAIGHTJACKET meaning: Restrictive jacket, secures arms tightly

We found 25 dictionaries that define the word straightjacket:

General (20 matching dictionaries)

straightjacket: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
straightjacket: Merriam-Webster
straightjacket: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
straightjacket: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
straightjacket: Collins English Dictionary
straightjacket: Vocabulary.com
Straightjacket, straightjacket: Wordnik
straightjacket: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
straightjacket: Wiktionary
straightjacket: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
straightjacket: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
straightjacket: Infoplease Dictionary
straightjacket: Dictionary.com
straightjacket: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
straightjacket: Rhymezone
straightjacket: FreeDictionary.org
straightjacket: Mnemonic Dictionary
straightjacket: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)

straightjacket: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Straightjacket: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
straightjacket: Medical dictionary
Straightjacket: Drug Medical Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

Straightjacket: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun: Misspelling of straitjacket. [A jacket-like garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving his or her arms. Often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others.]

Opposite:

freedom, liberation, release, flexibility

Types:

straitjacket, camisole, restraint, more...

Adjectives:

ideological, intellectual, conceptual, golden, economic, mental, rigid, emotional, financial, moral, theoretical

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