Jack-knife - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈdʒæk naɪf|
Brit.
|ˈdʒæk næɪf|
noun
- A compact folding knife.
He kept a jack-knife in his pocket for various tasks.
- The front-dive pike, in which the body folds and unfolds.It took me hundreds of dives to master even the simple jackknife
- (colloquial) A semi-trailer truck accident in which the vehicle mimics the closing of a jack-knife.I have seen several jack-knives along that dangerous stretch of road.
- (statistics) Alternative spelling of jackknife.verb
- To fold in the middle, as a jackknife does.
The cat jackknifed in the air and landed gracefully on its feet.
- (colloquial) To cause a semi-trailer truck to fold like a jackknife in a traffic accident.Before I knew what was happening, I'd jack-knifed the truck like nobody's business.
Before I knew what was happening, I'd jack-knifed.
Before I knew what was happening, I'd jack-knifed.
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