bulletproof vest

1. 1.

   a vest capable of resisting the impact of a bullet

   Broadervestbody armor

Questions about bulletproof vest

What does bulletproof vest mean?

bulletproof vest means "a vest capable of resisting the impact of a bullet".

Is bulletproof vest a common word?

bulletproof vest is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.