FLAK JACKET

Meaning of FLAK JACKET in English

1. U.S. Air Force. an armored garment made of steel plates covered by a padded fabric, designed to protect vital parts of the body from shrapnel.

2. a protective vest, esp. one that is bulletproof. Also called flak vest .

[ 1955-60 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

FLAK JACKET — noun Date: 1950 a jacket containing metal plates for protection against flak
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FLAK JACKET — padded garment which protects the wearer from bullets or shrapnel
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FLAK JACKET — Date: 1950 : a jacket containing metal plates for protection against flak ; broadly : a bulletproof vest — called …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLAK JACKET — Function: noun Date: 1950 : a jacket containing metal plates for protection against flak broadly : a bulletproof vest ― …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FLAK JACKET — ■ noun a sleeveless jacket made of heavy fabric reinforced with metal, worn as protection against bullets and shrapnel.
Concise Oxford English vocab
FLAK JACKET — [flak jacket] n (1950): a jacket containing metal plates for protection against flak; broadly: a bulletproof vest--called also flak vest
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLAK JACKET — noun a heavy jacket without sleeves that has metal inside it to make it stronger, and is worn by soldiers …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLAK JACKET — ˈflak ˌjacket BrE AmE noun [countable] a special coat made of strong heavy material to protect soldiers and policemen from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLAK JACKET — ( flak jackets) A flak jacket is a thick sleeveless jacket that soldiers and policemen sometimes wear to protect themselves …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLAK JACKET — (~s) A ~ is a thick sleeveless jacket that soldiers and policemen sometimes wear to protect themselves against bullets. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FLAK JACKET — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ If that happens, Freedman is going to have to get a flak jacket and write …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLAK JACKET — бронежилет (военное) бронекуртка (летчика)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLAK JACKET — воен. бронекуртка ( лётчика )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FLAK JACKET — бронежилет
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FLAK JACKET — воен. бронекуртка ( лётчика )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FLAK JACKET — воен. бронекуртка ( лётчика )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FLAK JACKET — бронежилет Syn: flak vest , bulletproof vest , bulletproof jacket
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FLAK JACKET — бронежилет Syn: flak vest, bulletproof vest, bulletproof jacket
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FLAK JACKET — _n. бронежилет
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FLAK JACKET — n. бронежилет
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FLAK JACKET — бронежилет (военное) бронекуртка (летчика)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLAK — also flack noun (plural ~; also flack) Etymology: German, from Fliegerabwehrkanonen, from Flieger flyer + Abwehr defense + Kanonen cannons …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
JACKET — I. ˈjakə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English jaket, from Middle French jaquet, diminutive …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLAK — I. noun also flack ˈflak ( plural flak ) Etymology: German flak, from fl ieger a bwehr k anone antiaircraft …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JACKET — — jacketed , adj. — jacketless , adj. — jacketlike , adj. /jak"it/ , n. 1. a short coat, in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLAK — /flak/ , n. 1. antiaircraft fire, esp. as experienced by the crews of combat airplanes at which the fire is …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLAK — n. antiaircraft fire; criticism, verbal abuse
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
JACKET — I. ˈja-kət noun Etymology: Middle English jaket, from Anglo-French jackés, plural, diminutive of Middle French jaque short jacket, from jacques …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLAK — also flack ˈflak ( plural flak also flack ) Etymology: German, from Fl ieger a bwehr k anonen, from Flieger …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
JACKET — vt to put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket. 2. jacket ·vt to thrash; to …
Webster English vocab
FLAK — (also flack ) ■ noun 1》 anti-aircraft fire. 2》 strong criticism. Origin 1930s: from Ger., abbrev. of Fliegerabwehrkanone , lit. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
JACKET — [jack.et] n [ME jaket, fr. MF jaquet, dim. of jaque short jacket, fr. jacque peasant, fr. the name Jacques James] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLAK — [flak] n, pl flak [G, fr. Fliegerabwehrkanonen, fr. Flieger flyer + Abwehr defense + Kanonen cannons] (1938) 1: antiaircraft guns …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLAK — flak BrE AmE flæk
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
JACKET — / ˈdʒækɪt; NAmE / noun 1. a piece of clothing worn on the top half of the body over a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLAK — (also flack ) / flæk; NAmE / noun [ U ] 1. guns on the ground that are shooting at …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JACKET — jack ‧ et S2 W3 /ˈdʒækət, ˈdʒækɪt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ; Origin: jaquet …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLAK — flak BrE AmE , flack /flæk/ noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Language: German ; Origin: FLiegerAbwehrKanone 'flyer defence guns' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
JACKET — n. & v. --n. 1 a a sleeved short outer garment. b a thing worn esp. round the torso for …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
JACKET — n. & v. n. 1 a a sleeved short outer garment. b a thing worn esp. round the torso for …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLAK — n. (also flack) 1 anti-aircraft fire. 2 adverse criticism; abuse. flak jacket a protective jacket of heavy camouflage fabric reinforced …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
JACKET — n. & v. --n. 1. a a sleeved short outer garment. b a thing worn esp. round the torso for …
Oxford English vocab
FLAK — n. (also flack) 1. anti-aircraft fire. 2 adverse criticism; abuse. Phrases and idioms: flak jacket a protective jacket of heavy …
Oxford English vocab
JACKET — ( jackets) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A jacket is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLAK — If you get a lot of flak from someone, they criticize you severely. If you take the flak , you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JACKET — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baked/jacket potato (= cooked in its skin ) ▪ We cooked baked potatoes in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLAK — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES flak jacket COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN jacket ▪ Tucking himself into a ball of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
JACKET — [noun] [C] - a short coata leather/denim/tweed/waxed/ski/army jacketThe keys are in my jacket pocket.See picture: Coats and jacketsA jacket is …
Cambridge English vocab
FLAK — (FIRING OF GUNS), flack [noun] [U] - firing of guns from the ground aimed at enemy aircraftThey flew into heavy …
Cambridge English vocab
JACKET — Synonyms and related words : Eton jacket, Leatherette, Leatheroid, Mao jacket, Smyth sewing, backing, bandage, bandaging, bark, bibliopegy, binder, binder …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
JACKET — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fitted , tailored ▪ baggy , loose ▪ heavy , thick ▪ light , lightweight , thin …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FLAK — noun Flak is used before these nouns: ↑ jacket
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FLAK — • ↑ get/take a lot of flak
Longman Activator English vocab
FLAK — n. 25B6; noun my aircraft had been damaged by flak : ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE, shelling, gunfire; bombardment, barrage, salvo, volley. (informal) …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FLAK — n. flack, criticism, disapproval, censure, abuse, blame, aspersion, complaint(s), disapprobation, condemnation, Colloq brickbats He took a lot of flak from …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FLAK — noun (Business World) (Politics) In business and political jargon, short for flak-catcher: a person employed by an individual or institution …
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
JACKET — 1. сущ. 1) короткая верхняя одежда а) куртка Norfolk jacket ≈ широкая куртка с поясом sport амер., sports jacket ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLAK — сущ. 1) а) зенитная артиллерия б) огонь зенитной артиллерии 2) а) оппозиция, сопротивление Syn : opposition, resistance б) критика, неодобрение, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
JACKET — jacket.ogg 1. ʹdʒækıt n 1. 1> куртка; тужурка; жакет; пиджак dinner jacket - смокинг 2> шёлковая блуза жокея 3> ист. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FLAK — flak.ogg flæk n ( pl без измен.) 1. зенитная артиллерия 2. зенитный огонь 3. амер. 1> разнос; словесный огонь to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
JACKET — 1) оболочка; обшивка; облицовка; кожух; чехол; рубашка || обшивать; облицовывать; покрывать 2) конверт ( для гибкого диска ) 3) жакет …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
JACKET — 1) оболочка; обшивка; облицовка; кожух; чехол; рубашка || обшивать; облицовывать; покрывать 2) конверт (для гибкого диска) 3) жакет (литейной формы) 4) капот (двигателя) 5) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
JACKET — 1) жакет 2) жилет 3) кожух 4) куртка 5) курточка 6) маншон 7) оболочка 8) рубашка 9) суперобложка 10) чехол • water jacket space — полость водяной рубашки - blast-furnace jacket - bosh …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
JACKET — jacket сущ.1) короткая верхняя одежда а) куртка Norfolk jacket — широкая куртка с поясом sport амер., sports jacket — спортивная …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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