shacket

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noun

A heavy overshirt worn as a jacket.

Scrabble 16
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Meanings

nounshacket (plural shackets)

plural shackets

  1. A heavy overshirt worn as a jacket.

    Before you say it: No, it's not your regular, ol' button-up shirt. A shacket is a slightly oversized shirt-jacket hybrid that is just *chef's kiss* for layering.

    2023 November 4, Kim Duong, Megan Uy, Tarah-Lynn Saint-Elien, “22 Best Shackets to Get You Through the Chilly Fall Weather”, in Cosmopolitan
  2. A safari jacket.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bush jacketsafari jacket

Origin

Blend of shirt + jacket.

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Cite this entry
APA

shacket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shacket

MLA

“shacket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shacket. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shacket,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shacket.

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