jack-knifed

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• jack-knife — jack knifes, jack knifing, jack knifed VERB If a truck that is in two parts jack knifes, the back part swings around at a sharp angle to the front part in an uncontrolled way as the truck is moving. His vehicle jack knifed, and crashed across all …   English dictionary

• jack-knife — jack knife1 plural jack knives n 1.) a knife with a blade that folds into its handle 2.) a ↑dive in which you bend at the waist when you are in the air jack knife 2 jack knife2 v [I] if a large vehicle with two parts jack knifes, it slides out of …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• jack-knife — 1 noun plural jack knives, (C) 1 a knife with a blade that folds into its handle 2 a dive 2 (1) in which you bend at the waist when you are in the air 2 verb jack knifing, jack knifed (I) if a large vehicle with two parts jack knifes, the back… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• jack-knife — 1. noun a) A compact folding knife. He kept a jack knife in his pocket for various tasks. b) The front dive pike, in which the body folds and unfolds. It took me hundreds of dives to master even the simple jackknife …   Wiktionary

• jack|knife — «JAK NYF», noun, plural knives, verb, knifed, knif|ing, adjective. –n. 1. a large, strong pocketknife. 2. a kind of dive in which the diver, keeping his knees straight, touches his feet with hi hands in midair and straightens out before entering… …   Useful english dictionary

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