full-metal-jacketadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌfʊlmɛtlˈdʒakᵻt/, U.S.

/ˌfʊlˌmɛdlˈdʒækət/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: full adj., metal jacket n. at metal n. and adj. Compounds 2.

Etymology: < full adj. + metal jacket n. at metal n. and adj. Compounds 2. Compare slightly earlier full-metal-jacketed adj.

Originally U.S.

A. adj.

Designating a bullet with a metal (usually copper or other alloy) casing which fully surrounds the lead or other core material; abbreviated FMJ.The usage of full-metal-jacket bullets in military contexts arose in part due to the declaration concerning expanding bullets (IV, 3) of the Hague Peace Conference of 1899. This declaration prohibited bullets in warfare with partial metal casings, as these would expand or flatten on entering the human body and cause unnecessarily severe wounds.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [adjective] > types of bullet or shell

armour-piercinga1686

rifled1797

high-velocity1854

smooth-bore1859

subcalibre1863

whistling1864

full-metal-jacketed1896

full-metal-jacket1898

pipsqueak1916

1898 Recreation Nov. 373/1 The full metal jacket, 160 grain bullet should be used.

1945 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 23 Aug. 12/3 Use of the automatic rifle for taking big game and of tracer, full-metal jacket bullets was outlawed.

1977 P. Hathaway Capstick Death in Long Grass ii. 98 Opening the bolt, I clicked three of the sinister, blunt, full-metal-jacket rounds into the magazine and, depressing the uppermost, chambered a fourth of the thick, steel-reinforced shells.

1993 Soldier of Fortune Feb. 35/2 As long as this FMJ (Full Metal Jacket) bullet travels point-forward, its wound track remains small and there is little tissue damage.

2003 Village Voice (N.Y.) 20 Aug. 31/2 Police commissioner..Safir announced a controversial plan to switch the entire NYPD force from full-metal-jacket bullets to hollow-point bullets. Hollow-points, also known as dum-dums, expand in jagged pieces inside the body.

B. n.

Usually without hyphens. A metal casing which fully surrounds the lead or other core material of a bullet; (also) a bullet with such a casing.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > types of bullet

pistol bullet?1591

musket bullet1598

musket ball1637

silver bullet1648

three-o(h)-three1683

pistol ball1689

musket shot1755

Biscayen1812

picket1848

rifle bolt1849

Minié ball1851

Minié1852

expanding bullet1859

navy bullet1873

two-two1895

dum-dum1897

Lee-Enfield bullet1899

rubber bullet1900

full-metal-jacket1913

round-nose1932

thirty-two1942

plastic bullet1945

baton round1968

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > outer casing

thimblec1860

jacket1889

full-metal-jacket1913

1913 Revol. in Mexico (U.S. Senate Hearing Subcommittee of Committee on Foreign Relations, 62nd Congr. 2nd Sess.) 180 Senator Smith. What kind of bullets are manufactured for military purposes? Mr. Payne. Bullets with full metal jackets.

1949 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 11 May 6/2 A resolution was adopted outlawing..rifles using rim-fire cartridges or bullets with full metal jackets.

1992 Guns Illustr. (ed. 24) 44/1 The PMC load, being a full metal jacket, cannot be considered an ideal rockchuck load because of its non-expanding properties.

2002 Backwoods Home Mag. July 61/1 There are two basic types of ammo available for these weapons: full metal jacket (FMJ) for plinking and target use and soft point for hunting/defense.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	full-metal-jacket
释义	full-metal-jacketadj.n. Brit. /ˌfʊlmɛtlˈdʒakᵻt/, U.S. /ˌfʊlˌmɛdlˈdʒækət/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: full adj., metal jacket n. at metal n. and adj. Compounds 2. Etymology: < full adj. + metal jacket n. at metal n. and adj. Compounds 2. Compare slightly earlier full-metal-jacketed adj. Originally U.S. A. adj. Designating a bullet with a metal (usually copper or other alloy) casing which fully surrounds the lead or other core material; abbreviated FMJ.The usage of full-metal-jacket bullets in military contexts arose in part due to the declaration concerning expanding bullets (IV, 3) of the Hague Peace Conference of 1899. This declaration prohibited bullets in warfare with partial metal casings, as these would expand or flatten on entering the human body and cause unnecessarily severe wounds. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [adjective] > types of bullet or shell armour-piercinga1686 rifled1797 high-velocity1854 smooth-bore1859 subcalibre1863 whistling1864 full-metal-jacketed1896 full-metal-jacket1898 pipsqueak1916 1898 Recreation Nov. 373/1 The full metal jacket, 160 grain bullet should be used. 1945 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 23 Aug. 12/3 Use of the automatic rifle for taking big game and of tracer, full-metal jacket bullets was outlawed. 1977 P. Hathaway Capstick Death in Long Grass ii. 98 Opening the bolt, I clicked three of the sinister, blunt, full-metal-jacket rounds into the magazine and, depressing the uppermost, chambered a fourth of the thick, steel-reinforced shells. 1993 Soldier of Fortune Feb. 35/2 As long as this FMJ (Full Metal Jacket) bullet travels point-forward, its wound track remains small and there is little tissue damage. 2003 Village Voice (N.Y.) 20 Aug. 31/2 Police commissioner..Safir announced a controversial plan to switch the entire NYPD force from full-metal-jacket bullets to hollow-point bullets. Hollow-points, also known as dum-dums, expand in jagged pieces inside the body. B. n. Usually without hyphens. A metal casing which fully surrounds the lead or other core material of a bullet; (also) a bullet with such a casing. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > types of bullet pistol bullet?1591 musket bullet1598 musket ball1637 silver bullet1648 three-o(h)-three1683 pistol ball1689 musket shot1755 Biscayen1812 picket1848 rifle bolt1849 Minié ball1851 Minié1852 expanding bullet1859 navy bullet1873 two-two1895 dum-dum1897 Lee-Enfield bullet1899 rubber bullet1900 full-metal-jacket1913 round-nose1932 thirty-two1942 plastic bullet1945 baton round1968 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > outer casing thimblec1860 jacket1889 full-metal-jacket1913 1913 Revol. in Mexico (U.S. Senate Hearing Subcommittee of Committee on Foreign Relations, 62nd Congr. 2nd Sess.) 180 Senator Smith. What kind of bullets are manufactured for military purposes? Mr. Payne. Bullets with full metal jackets. 1949 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 11 May 6/2 A resolution was adopted outlawing..rifles using rim-fire cartridges or bullets with full metal jackets. 1992 Guns Illustr. (ed. 24) 44/1 The PMC load, being a full metal jacket, cannot be considered an ideal rockchuck load because of its non-expanding properties. 2002 Backwoods Home Mag. July 61/1 There are two basic types of ammo available for these weapons: full metal jacket (FMJ) for plinking and target use and soft point for hunting/defense. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1898
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