Jackknife

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A large clasp knife.
  • n. Sports A dive in the pike position, in which the diver straightens out to enter the water hands first.
  • v. To fold or double (something or oneself) like a jackknife.
  • v. To cut or stab with a jackknife.
  • verb-intransitive. To bend or fold up like a jackknife: A truck that had jackknifed was blocking the road.
  • verb-intransitive. To form a 90° angle.
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  • n. Alternative spelling of jack-knife.
  • n. A resampling method that applies estimators to all subsamples that each omit a single different group (possibly of a single datapoint) of the original sample to provide a sample distribution of the estimate.
  • v. Alternative spelling of jack-knife.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A pocket-knife larger than a penknife.
  • n. A horn-handled clasp-knife with a laniard, worn by seamen.
  • n. A form of terminal used for making connections in central telephone-stations. See jack, 11 .
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  • v. dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife
  • n. a large knife with one or more folding blades
  • n. a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out
    • Verb Form
    jackknifed    jackknifes    jackknifing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    dive    pocketknife    diving   
    Cross Reference
    jack-knife carpenter    jack-knife gull   
    Variant
    jackknives   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    leave-one-out   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    chlorodyne    one-arm    pocketknife    switchblade    boat hook   
     
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