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RELATED WORD : jackknife clam

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun jackknife has 2 senses

• jackknife(n = noun.artifact) clasp knife - a large knife with one or more folding blades; Array
is a kind of pocket knife, pocketknife

• jackknife(n = noun.act) Array - a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out; Array
is a kind of dive, diving
Derived form verb jackknife₁

Verb jackknife has 1 sense

• jackknife(v = verb.motion) Array - dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife; Array
is one way to dive
Derived form noun jackknife₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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THESAURUS

jackknife

adz, ax, belly buster, belly flop, belly whopper, bread knife, bushwhacker, butcher knife, cannonball, carving knife, chaser, chisel, cleaver, clipper, clippers, crash dive, dagger, dive, drop, fall, gainer, gouge, hack, hatchet, header, hoe, hunting knife, knife, lance, lancet, letter-opener, machete, mattock, nippers, nose dive, paper cutter, paper knife, parachute jump, paring knife, penknife, pick, pickax, pitch, plowshare, plunge, pounce, power dive, razor, razor blade, running dive, saw knife, sax, scalpel, scissors, scoop, scraper, scuffle hoe, scythe, share, shears, sheath knife, sickle, sidecutters, sky dive, snips, spear, spokeshave, stationary dive, stoop, surgical knife, swan dive, swoop, sword, table knife, wedge

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