Usually means: Restrictive garment securing the arms.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word straitjacket:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. straitjacket: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. straitjacket: Merriam-Webster
  3. straitjacket: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. straitjacket: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. straitjacket: Collins English Dictionary
  6. straitjacket: Vocabulary.com
  7. Straitjacket, straitjacket: Wordnik
  8. straitjacket: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. straitjacket: Wiktionary
  10. straitjacket: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. straitjacket (straightjacket): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. straitjacket: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. straitjacket: Dictionary.com
  14. straitjacket: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Straitjacket: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. straitjacket: Rhymezone
  17. straitjacket: FreeDictionary.org
  18. straitjacket: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. straitjacket: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. straitjacket: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. straitjacket: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Straitjacket: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. straitjacket: Medical dictionary
  6. Straitjacket: Drug Medical Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. straitjacket: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See straitjacketing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  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.
noun:  (figurative) Any situation seen as confining or restricting.
verb:  (literally) To put someone into a straitjacket.
verb:  (by extension) To restrict the freedom of, either physically or psychologically.

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