flak jacket
noun
: a jacket containing metal plates for protection against flak
broadly
: a bulletproof vest
called also flak vest
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And snap after snap, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers — hiding his dad-bod pot belly under a flak jacket that looked two sizes too small — would shift a player, gauge the Niners’ defensive response, and bark out a new play.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
As McDaniel mentioned, Achane did in fact don the red jersey as well as a flak jacket during Thursday’s practice.
—Miami Herald, 11 Dec. 2025
The cover features a cartoon image of Franklin wearing a helmet and flak jacket (under his shell, weirdly) while firing a rocket propelled grenade from the open door of a military helicopter.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 2 Dec. 2025
The tradition—with the old flak jacket, and with the new yellow number—is for an outgoing secretary to leave notes in the pocket for her successors.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
As McDaniel mentioned, Achane did in fact don the red jersey as well as a flak jacket during Thursday’s practice.
—Miami Herald, 11 Dec. 2025
The cover features a cartoon image of Franklin wearing a helmet and flak jacket (under his shell, weirdly) while firing a rocket propelled grenade from the open door of a military helicopter.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 2 Dec. 2025
The tradition—with the old flak jacket, and with the new yellow number—is for an outgoing secretary to leave notes in the pocket for her successors.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for flak jacket
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“Flak jacket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flak%20jacket. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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