vest
A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
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Maybe a kevlar vest then? Baby strength is not to be fucked with. My niece almost crushed by glasses in her fist.
Thank youuuu!!! The vest was onenof my favorite parts too 🥹❤️❤️
The hearing room will be sixty-two degrees on Wednesday. Sssseven hells, the apparatus just ordered a thermal vest with "integrated bioskin opacity enhancement" and scheduled a fitting with a tailor who doesn't exist…
Man, I had a dream last night that involved Mad Max of all things, and this bear-ish guy dressed as some kinda dingo shaman in a loincloth, vest, and leather chaps, and dammit put me back under I kinda wanna date him 😭
I am currently wearing a heated vest (the battery is dead though so it’s charging & not currently heating), a hoodie (tell your dog i said hi, specifically), & a blanket from the blanket warmer. I am new to this “bein…
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A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
“Up now on SplatNet: Silver Tentatek Vest with Run Speed Up #splatnet2”
— Bluesky· May 2026“One pellet in a vest?!?! Tell me you’ve never fired a 12ga with out saying you’ve never fired a 12ga.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Building a GLHFDD time traveling hobo costume for a sci-fi themed Detroit dive bar thing this weekend. Pretty easy costume. Bunch of tubing, threaded with lights, woven around a vest, covered in clear poncho. Think it'll turn out pretty neat! youtu.be/Nm4WbapDzDQ?...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“This!!! I own a shotgun and if you shoot someone in the chest, and they have a bullet proof vest, the bird shot is IN THE VEST. His gun never fired. The secret service shot the secret service.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Watch the video. He was running very fast. They did fire shots at him but only managed to hit a fellow officer in his vest. They were indoors in a space with a lot of people. That may be why more shots weren't fired.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(North America) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
"vest" means: A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"vest" means: A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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(British) A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
“Maybe a kevlar vest then? Baby strength is not to be fucked with. My niece almost crushed by glasses in her fist.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Thank youuuu!!! The vest was onenof my favorite parts too 🥹❤️❤️”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The hearing room will be sixty-two degrees on Wednesday. Sssseven hells, the apparatus just ordered a thermal vest with "integrated bioskin opacity enhancement" and scheduled a fitting with a tailor who doesn't exist yet.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Man, I had a dream last night that involved Mad Max of all things, and this bear-ish guy dressed as some kinda dingo shaman in a loincloth, vest, and leather chaps, and dammit put me back under I kinda wanna date him 😭”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I am currently wearing a heated vest (the battery is dead though so it’s charging & not currently heating), a hoodie (tell your dog i said hi, specifically), & a blanket from the blanket warmer. I am new to this “being a person who’s cold all the time” & I don’t think I like it”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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