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jackknife
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
CIDE DICTIONARY
jackknife, n.
A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
jackknife, n. & v.
--n. (pl. -knives)
1 a large clasp-knife.
2 a dive in which the body is first bent at the waist and then straightened.
--v.intr. (-knifed, -knifing) (of an articulated vehicle) fold against itself in an accidental skidding movement.
--n. (pl. -knives)
1 a large clasp-knife.
2 a dive in which the body is first bent at the waist and then straightened.
--v.intr. (-knifed, -knifing) (of an articulated vehicle) fold against itself in an accidental skidding movement.
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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