straightjacket

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

straight=jack=et

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun straightjacket has 1 sense

straightjacket(n = noun.artifact) straitjacket - a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person; Array

is a kind of garment

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THESAURUS

straightjacket

Oregon boat, bilbo, bond, bonds, bridle, camisole, chains, collar, cuffs, fetter, gag, gyves, halter, hamper, handcuffs, hobbles, hopples, irons, leading strings, leash, manacle, muzzle, pillory, reins, restraint, restraints, shackle, stocks, strait-waistcoat, straitjacket, stranglehold, tether, trammel, trammels, yoke

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