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OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Jackknife" Definition
noun
A large clasp knife.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Sports A dive in the pike position, in which the diver straightens out to enter the water hands first.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A large strong pocketknife.
Source: Merriam-Webster
A dive executed headfirst in which the diver bends from the waist and touches the ankles while holding the knees unbent and then straightens out.
Source: Merriam-Webster
verb-intransitive
To bend or fold up like a jackknife: A truck that had jackknifed was blocking the road.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To form a 90° angle.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
To cut or stab with a jackknife.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To fold or double (something or oneself) like a jackknife.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To cut with a jackknife.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To cause to double up like a jackknife.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To double up like a jackknife .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To turn and form an angle of 90 degrees or less with each other .
Source: Merriam-Webster
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