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32jack-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 …
33jack-knife — {{11}}jack knife (n.) also jackknife, large pocket knife, 1711, probably Amer.Eng., perh[aps] associated with some sense of JACK sb.1, but Cf. jackleg knife [OED]; see JACK (Cf. jack) + KNIFE (Cf. knife) (n.). Jackleg was a U.S. colloquial term… …
34jackknife — 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 …
35jackknife — /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… …
36jackknife — ► NOUN (pl. 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 (jackknifed, jackknifing) 1) move (one s body) into a bent or doubled up position. 2) …
37jackknife — ☆ jackknife [jak′nīf΄ ] n. pl. jackknives [jak′nīvz΄] [ JACK + KNIFE] 1. a large pocketknife 2. a dive in which the diver keeps his knees unbent, touches his feet with his hands, and then straightens out just before plunging into the water vt.… …
