yellow jacket
yellow jacket
nounDefinition of YELLOW JACKET
1
: any of various small yellow-marked vespid wasps (especially genus Vespula) that commonly nest in the ground and can sting repeatedly and painfully
2
slang : pentobarbital especially in a yellow capsule
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