ва́тник

uncommon #9085

nounmasculineinanimatecountable

1.
quilted jacket, padded jacket, wadded coatclothing
Дед надел ста́рый ва́тник и пошёл в сара́й.
Grandpa put on his old quilted jacket and went to the shed.
The standard Soviet padded workwear jacket; the sleeveless version is a quilted vest.
2.
vatnik, jingoistic Russian, Russian chauvinistpolitics
В коммента́риях его сра́зу назва́ли ва́тником.
In the comments they immediately called him a vatnik.
Strongly derogatory internet slang, current since around 2014.

Examples

Он надел ватник перед выходом на мороз.
He put on his quilted jacket before going out into the freezing cold.
Ватник висел на крючке у двери.
A quilted jacket was hanging on the hook by the door.
Дед носил старый ватник зимой.
Grandpa wore an old quilted jacket in winter.