Flame coming from short jacket (5)
I believe the answer is:
blaze
'flame' is the definition.
(blaze is a kind of flame)
'short jacket' is the wordplay.
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'jacket' becomes 'blazer' (blazer is a kind of jacket).
'blazer' with its final letter taken off is 'BLAZE'.
'coming from' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for blaze that I've seen before include "Inferno" , "Vivid display" , "Sensationally announce" , "Conflagration" , "rage" .)