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Definition: Waistcoat |
WaistcoatNoun1. A man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "waistcoat" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Waistcoat The M. B. waistcoat. The clerical waistcoat. (See M.B.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A waistcoat (called a vest in the US) is a type of garment. It covers just the torso.
Also see
- List of types of clothing
- Undergarment
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Waistcoat."
Synonym: WaistcoatSynonym: vest (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Underclothes, underpants, undershirt; slip, brassiere, corset, stays, corsage, corset, corselet, bodice, girdle; (circle); stomacher; petticoat, panties; under waistcoat; jock, athletic supporter, jockstrap. |
Acket, vest, jerkin, waistcoat, doublet, camisole, gabardine; kilt, jupe, crinoline, bustle, panier, skirt, apron, pinafore; bloomer, bloomers; chaqueta, songtag, tablier. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Waistcoat |
| English words defined with "waistcoat": Buff jerkin ♦ Jippo, Justicoat ♦ Waistcoateer. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "waistcoat": Daniel Lambert, Dittoes ♦ Jacques ♦ KIDDY NIPPERS ♦ M. B. Waistcoat ♦ Plates ♦ Red-breasts ♦ STRAIT WAISTCOAT, Suit of Dittos ♦ TEARS OF THE TANKARD ♦ VEST. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "waistcoat": Waistcoateer. (references) |
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Screenplays | Do you think I should lose the waistcoat. (Spaced; writing credit: Simon Pegg; Jessica Stevenson) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | George Washington Parke Custis, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, wearing white waistcoat. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | James Brown, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, eyes front, one hand on hip, wearing plaid waistcoat. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Sesto Benedetti, three-quarter length portrait, facing three-quarters to right, with beard, sitting in chair, wearing large ring and figured waistcoat. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He felt in his waistcoat, he found nothing there |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | One was clasping about his ribs a torn flannel waistcoat, another complained monotonously as his beard stuck in the tufted weeds |
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| "Waistcoat" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.60% of the time. "Waistcoat" is used about 250 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.6% | 249 | 18,850 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.4% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 250 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "waistcoat": pressure breathing waistcoat. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "waistcoat": Waistcoat-w. | |
Ending with "waistcoat": Strait-waistcoat. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
waistcoat | 59 |
man waistcoat | 7 |
themed waistcoat | 5 |
silk waistcoat | 5 |
tapestry waistcoat | 4 |
waistcoat uk | 4 |
tie waistcoat | 4 |
hand painted silk waistcoat | 3 |
country waistcoat | 2 |
breasted double waistcoat | 2 |
leather uk waistcoat | 2 |
hi visibility waistcoat | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "waistcoat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | jelek (jerkin, vest). (various references) | |
Arabic | صدار (bodice, vest), صدرية الرجل. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | жилетка (vest). (various references) | |
Chinese | 背心 (VEST). (various references) | |
Czech | vesta (vest, waist-coat). (various references) | |
Danish | vest (vest, west). (various references) | |
Dutch | vest (vest), herenvest (vest). (various references) | |
Esperanto | veŝto (vest). (various references) | |
Faeroese | vestur (vest, West), vest (vest). (various references) | |
Finnish | liivit (bodice, corset, girdle, suspender belt, under-bodice, vest), liivi (bodice, corset, girdle, suspender belt, under-bodice, vest). (various references) | |
French | gilet. (various references) | |
German | Weste (vest, waistcoats). (various references) | |
Greek | γιλέκο (vasty, vest). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מת י" (bodice, waist jacket), מקטורן (jacket, smoking jacket). (various references) | |
Hungarian | mellény (jacket, Jersey, lumber-jacket, vest). (various references) | |
Italian | panciotto (vest). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | チョコレート色 (apparent and grievous error, Chile, chocolate brown, chop, chopper, flickering, very sickening, vest), ジョセフソン 子 (a stein, a tankard, amug, bit by bit, cardigan, dilemma, dilettante, dish with mutton and vegetables, Genghis Khan, gin, gin fizz, ginger, ginger ale, giraffe, jin, jingoism, jinx, jitterbug, job, job enlargement, job enrichment, job menu, job rotation, job title, jobhopper, jockey, jodhpurs, John, John Bull, John Travolta, Josephson device, riding breeches, suit, suitcase, super, super high decker, super Schottky diode, super size wide screen, super woofer, supercar, supercharger, supercomputer, superhighway, superimpose, superjet, supermarket, supermarket chain, supernova, super-size, supersonic, superstar, superstation, superstore, supertanker, superviser, supervisor, superwoman, synthesis, vest, Zimbabwe, Zinjanthropus, zirconium), ウェーバーの法則 (on-deck batter's circle, rag, taking a pitch, wafer, wafers, waist, waist bag, waist nipper, waist pouch, waistline, wait, waiter, waiting circle, waiting game, waiting room, waiting system, waitress, Wales, walk rally, walk through, walkathon, walkie-lookie, walkie-talkie, walking dictionary, walking shoes, Walkman, war cry, war game, ware, -ware, warehouse, warm, warming, warming-up, warm-up, warning lamp, waste ball, water chute, water closet, water hazard, water polo, watercolor, watercooler, waterfall, waterfront, watermelon, waterproof, watertight, wave, wave-front, way, weapon, wear, weather, weathercock, weatherstrip molding, web, Weber, Weber's law, wedding, wedding bell, wedding cake, wedding dress, wedding march, wedding ring, wedding veil, wedeling, wedge heel, wedge sole, weight, weight lifting, weight training, welcome, well-done, west, West Coast, West End, West Point, West Side, West Virginia, western, Western grip, Western league, Western music, Westinghouse, wet, wet core, wet cut, wet suit, worm gear). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | チョッキ (vest), ジレー (cardigan, vest), ウエストコート . (various references) | |
Manx | vest (vest), perree (short jacket, vest). (various references) | |
Norwegian | vest (vest, West). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aistcoatway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | colete (collect, halter, jersey, vest). (various references) | |
Romanian | vestã (jacket, jerkin, sack, vest), jiletcã (doublet, vest). (various references) | |
Russian | жилет (vest). (various references) | |
Scottish | peiteag (short jacket). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prsluk (bodice, vest). (various references) | |
Spanish | chaleco (vest). (various references) | |
Swedish | väst (jerkin, vest, west). (various references) | |
Turkish | yelek (vest, waist). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | камзол (camisole), жилетка, жилет (vest), ліф (waist). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | áo gi lê. (various references) | |
Welsh | gwasgod (shelter). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | subucula. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "waistcoat": waistcoated, waistcoats. (additional references) | |
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"Waistcoat" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Westcote. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "waistcoat" (pronounced 'Waist"coat'): Blackcoat, Bluecoat, greatcoat, redcoat, surcoat, topcoat, turncoat, Whitecoat. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-o-s-t-t-w" | |
-2 letters: astatic. | |
-3 letters: attics, awaits, casita, coatis, cottas, scotia, static. | |
-4 letters: ascot, attic, await, coast, coati, coats, costa, cotta, iotas, ostia, scatt, stoai, stoat, stoic, tacit, tacos, tacts, toast, toits, twist, twits, waist, waits, watts. | |
-5 letters: acta, acts, aits, asci, casa, cast, cats, caws, ciao, cist, coat, cost, cots, cows, iota, oast, oats, ocas, otic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-o-s-t-t-w" | |
+1 letter: waistcoats. | |
+2 letters: waistcoated. | |
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