Definition of Full metal jacket

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

Generic synonyms: Bullet, Slug

Definition of Full metal jacket

1. Noun. A bullet having a complete covering of copper over the lead core. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Full Metal Jacket

full cousin
full denture
full disclosure
full dress
full dress uniform
full dress uniforms
full employment
full gainer
full general
full house
full infinitive
full infinitives
full liquid diet
full marks
full metal jacket (current term)
full metal jackets
full monty
full moon
full moon maple
full moons
full motion video
full name
full names
full nelson
full nelsons
full of beans
full of hot air
full of it

Literary usage of Full metal jacket

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Revolutions in Mexico: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on by United States, Senate, Congress, Committee on Foreign Relations (1913)
"Practically all hard-point, full metal jacket. Senator SMITH. Military bullets? Mr. PAYNE. Yes. Mr. PAYNE. It depends on the hardness of the object. ..."

2. I Read It, But I Don't Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers by Cris Tovani (2000)
"Others share movie connections: full metal jacket and The Dirty Dozen. These movies trigger still other students to recall television shows and ..."

3. Mentally Incontinent by Joe Peacock (2005)
"Grimley marched up to me like he was Gunnery Sergeant Hantman from Full Metal Jacket, who, it became apparent to me oven the course of the past four years, ..."

4. New Approaches to Staff Safety of Corrections Officers by Robert L. Thornton, John H. Shireman (1999)
"Type mA-Protects against higher velocity .44 magnum bullets and 9mm. full-metal- jacket rounds. It is unsuitable for routine wear but may be appropriate for ..."

5. Police Practices and Civil Rights in New York City: A Report of the United edited by Mary Frances Berry (2000)
"The CCRB also issued a report that reviewed the NYPD's decision to employ hollow-tip, rather than full-metal-jacket bullets.249 Several CCRB members ..."

6. Police Body Armor Standards and Testing by Office of Technology Assessment, United States, Congress (1992)
"... Armor Types According to the Ammunition Against Which They Were Tested KEY: AP = armor piercing; FMJ - full metal jacket; JSP » jacketed soft-point; ..."

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