jackknife
11jackknife — /ˈdʒæknaɪf / (say jaknuyf) noun (plural jackknives) 1. a large knife with a blade that folds into the handle. 2. → jackknife dive. –verb (i) (jackknifed, jackknifing) 3. to bend or fold up, like a jackknife. 4. (of a horse) to buck bringing all… …
12jackknife — verb Jackknife is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑lorry …
13jackknife — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pocketknife, penknife, switchblade, shiv (sl.). See sharpness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pocketknife, clasp knife, case knife, Barlow knife; see knife . v. Syn. double up, double over, fold, fold up,… …
14jackknife — jack|knife1 [ dʒæk,naıf ] (plural jack|knives [ dʒæk,naıvz ] ) noun count 1. ) a small knife with a blade that folds into its handle 2. ) a DIVE in which you jump high, touch your toes, then stretch your legs out straight before entering the… …
15jackknife — jack·knife || dʒæknaɪf n. large pocketknife whose blade folds into the handle; dive in which the diver doubles up in mid air and then straightens out before entering the water v. bend like a pocketknife, double up, bend sharply in half; do a… …
16jackknife — noun (plural jackknives) 1》 a large knife with a folding blade. 2》 a dive in which the body is bent at the waist and then straightened. verb (jackknifes, jackknifing, jackknifed) 1》 move (one s body) into a bent or doubled up position. ↘(of a …
17Jackknife (Statistik) — Jackknife ist in der Statistik eine Methode des Resampling. Jackknife dient dazu, den zufälligen Fehler einer Schätzmethode und eine etwaige Verzerrung zu schätzen. Dabei wird aus den Daten der Stichprobe jeweils ein Datensatz weggelassen und der …
18Jackknife Bascule Bridge — Infobox Bridge bridge name=Jackknife Bascule Bridge caption=The Jackknife Bridge in May 2008 official name= carries= crosses=Kaministiquia River locale=Thunder Bay, Ontario maint=Canadian Pacific Railway id= design=Bascule mainspan= length= width …
19Jackknife clam — Taxobox name = Jackknife clam regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Bivalvia ordo = Veneroida familia = Solenidae genus = Ensis species = E. minor binomial = Ensis minor binomial authority = Dall, 1900The jackknife clam, Ensis minor , is… …
20jackknife-fish — /jak nuyf fish /, n., pl. jackknife fishes, (esp. collectively) jackknife fish. Ichthyol. a black and white, American drum, Equetus lanceolatus, found in tropical areas of the Atlantic Ocean, having an elongated dorsal fin that is held erect. * * …
