"straitjacket" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstɹeɪtˌd͡ʒækɪt/ Audio: En-us-straitjacket.ogg [US] Forms: straitjackets [plural]
Etymology: From strait + jacket. Etymology templates: {{af|en|strait|jacket}} strait + jacket Head templates: {{en-noun}} straitjacket (plural straitjackets)
  1. 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. Categories (topical): Clothing Synonyms: straitwaistcoat [dated] Translations (a jacket-like garment): զսպաշապիկ (zspašapik) (Armenian), усмирителна риза (usmiritelna riza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), camisa de força [feminine] (Catalan), 緊身衣 (Chinese Mandarin), 紧身衣 (jǐnshēnyī) (Chinese Mandarin), 約束服 (Chinese Mandarin), 约束服 (yuēshùfú) (Chinese Mandarin), svěrací kazajka [feminine] (Czech), spændetrøje [common-gender] (Danish), dwangbuis [feminine, neuter] (Dutch), trudkitelo (Esperanto), hullusärk (Estonian), pakkopaita (Finnish), camisole de force [feminine] (French), Zwangsjacke [feminine] (German), ζουρλομανδύας (zourlomandýas) [masculine] (Greek), kényszerzubbony (Hungarian), koakto-kamizolo (Ido), seaicéad ceangail [masculine] (Irish), camicia di forza [feminine] (Italian), 拘束衣 (kōsokui) (alt: こうそくい) (Japanese), 구속복 (gusokbok) (Korean), лудачка кошула (ludačka košula) [feminine] (Macedonian), tvangstrøye [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tvangstrøye [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Spaunjak [feminine] (Plautdietsch), kaftan bezpieczeństwa [masculine] (Polish), colete de forças [masculine] (Portuguese), camisa de força [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), cămașă de forță [feminine] (Romanian), смири́тельная руба́шка (smirítelʹnaja rubáška) [feminine] (Russian), camisa de fuerza [feminine] (Spanish), tvångströja [common-gender] (Swedish), deli gömleği (Turkish), caethwasgod [feminine] (Welsh), ⁧משוגעים־העמדל⁩ (meshugoim-hemdl) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-straitjacket-en-noun-m5bSG2hA Disambiguation of Clothing: 64 36 0 0 Disambiguation of 'a jacket-like garment': 93 7
  2. (figurative) Any situation seen as confining or restricting. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-straitjacket-en-noun-vdCSnfhM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: strait jacket, strait-jacket, straightjacket [misspelling] Related terms: strait-laced

Verb

IPA: /ˈstɹeɪtˌd͡ʒækɪt/ Audio: En-us-straitjacket.ogg [US] Forms: straitjackets [present, singular, third-person], straitjacketing [participle, present], straitjacketed [participle, past], straitjacketed [past]
Etymology: From strait + jacket. Etymology templates: {{af|en|strait|jacket}} strait + jacket Head templates: {{en-verb}} straitjacket (third-person singular simple present straitjackets, present participle straitjacketing, simple past and past participle straitjacketed)
  1. (literally) To put someone into a straitjacket. Tags: literally Translations (to put someone into a straitjacket): iemand een dwangbuis aandoen (Dutch), pukea pakkopaitaan (Finnish), camisole de force [feminine] (French), koakto-kamizolizar (Ido), cămașă de forță [feminine] (Romanian), sätta tvångströja på (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-straitjacket-en-verb-s~lZ~JwX Disambiguation of 'to put someone into a straitjacket': 99 1
  2. (by extension) To restrict the freedom of, either physically or psychologically. Tags: broadly Translations (to restrict the freedom of): iemand in zijn vrijheid beperken (Dutch), pukea pakkopaitaan (Finnish), förkväva (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-straitjacket-en-verb-Iixlwi8a Disambiguation of 'to restrict the freedom of': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: strait jacket, strait-jacket, straightjacket [misspelling]

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          "ref": "2009, Michael Giffin, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 99",
          "text": "[I]f we remain in one discipline, we remain in a straitjacket; an adequate theory of language evolution requires a lot of interdisciplinary work."
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "strait-laced"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
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          "sleeve"
        ],
        [
          "psychiatric",
          "psychiatric"
        ],
        [
          "hospital",
          "hospital"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "straitwaistcoat"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Michael Giffin, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 99",
          "text": "[I]f we remain in one discipline, we remain in a straitjacket; an adequate theory of language evolution requires a lot of interdisciplinary work."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any situation seen as confining or restricting."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Any situation seen as confining or restricting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈstɹeɪtˌd͡ʒækɪt/"
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      "word": "strait jacket"
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    {
      "word": "strait-jacket"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "misspelling"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zspašapik",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "word": "զսպաշապիկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "usmiritelna riza",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "усмирителна риза"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "camisa de força"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "word": "緊身衣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jǐnshēnyī",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "word": "紧身衣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "word": "約束服"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuēshùfú",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "word": "约束服"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "svěrací kazajka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spændetrøje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dwangbuis"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "word": "trudkitelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "word": "hullusärk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "word": "pakkopaita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "camisole de force"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zwangsjacke"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "zourlomandýas",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ζουρλομανδύας"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "word": "kényszerzubbony"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "word": "koakto-kamizolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seaicéad ceangail"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "camicia di forza"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうそくい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōsokui",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "word": "拘束衣"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gusokbok",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "word": "구속복"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ludačka košula",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лудачка кошула"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tvangstrøye"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tvangstrøye"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Spaunjak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaftan bezpieczeństwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "colete de forças"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "camisa de força"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cămașă de forță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smirítelʹnaja rubáška",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "смири́тельная руба́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "camisa de fuerza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tvångströja"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "word": "deli gömleği"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caethwasgod"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "meshugoim-hemdl",
      "sense": "a jacket-like garment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "⁧משוגעים־העמדל⁩"
    }
  ],
  "word": "straitjacket"
}

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    "en:Clothing"
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      "expansion": "strait + jacket",
      "name": "af"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From strait + jacket.",
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      "form": "straitjackets",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "straitjacketing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "straitjacketed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "straitjacketed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To put someone into a straitjacket."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "straitjacket",
          "straitjacket#Noun"
        ]
      ],
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        "(literally) To put someone into a straitjacket."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004-10-31, Robert Foley, “The Flores remains could have been lost to science”, in The Observer, →ISSN",
          "text": "But it has not always been like this. The last time human remains hit the headlines occurred when the government-sponsored Palmer Report was published. It was deeply antagonistic to research on human remains, and recommended straitjacketing archaeological research within the same framework as medical science.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 118",
          "text": "Where most primates have a respectable pair of grasping rear hands we have two changelings: long arched pads with rounded chins at one end and stumpy thumbs straight-jacketed to baby fingers at the other.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 280",
          "text": "she couldnʼt wait to go to college, have a career and leave her parentsʼ straitjacketed lives behind",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023-08-07, Nesrine Malik, “British people are kinder and less divided than politicians give us credit for”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "A Labour opposition that has straitjacketed its pledges and ambitions with its fears of blowing its strongest chance in years to gain power.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To restrict the freedom of, either physically or psychologically."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "restrict",
          "restrict"
        ],
        [
          "freedom",
          "freedom"
        ],
        [
          "physically",
          "physically"
        ],
        [
          "psychologically",
          "psychologically"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) To restrict the freedom of, either physically or psychologically."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɹeɪtˌd͡ʒækɪt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-straitjacket.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fa/En-us-straitjacket.ogg/En-us-straitjacket.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/En-us-straitjacket.ogg",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "word": "strait jacket"
    },
    {
      "word": "strait-jacket"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "misspelling"
      ],
      "word": "straightjacket"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "note": "[script needed] (tuta)",
      "sense": "to put someone into a straitjacket"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to put someone into a straitjacket",
      "word": "iemand een dwangbuis aandoen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put someone into a straitjacket",
      "word": "pukea pakkopaitaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to put someone into a straitjacket",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "camisole de force"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to put someone into a straitjacket",
      "word": "koakto-kamizolizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to put someone into a straitjacket",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cămașă de forță"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to put someone into a straitjacket",
      "word": "sätta tvångströja på"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to restrict the freedom of",
      "word": "iemand in zijn vrijheid beperken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to restrict the freedom of",
      "word": "pukea pakkopaitaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to restrict the freedom of",
      "word": "förkväva"
    }
  ],
  "word": "straitjacket"
}

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