FULL METAL JACKET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does full metal jacket mean? 

• FULL METAL JACKET (noun)
  The noun FULL METAL JACKET has 1 sense:

1. a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper)

  Familiarity information: FULL METAL JACKET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FULL METAL JACKET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("full metal jacket" is a kind of...):

bullet; slug (a projectile that is fired from a gun)