The truck driver jackknifed his rig on the highway when he slid on ice. From LearnThat.org.
Verb (used without object) : The prizefighter jackknifed and fell when he was hit in the stomach. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : The blow jackknifed the prizefighter. From Dictionary.com.
"jackknife" - Version: 2.4.2, 8/10/2009 08: 58PM PST. From Wordnik.com. [VersionTracker: Mac OS X] Reference
That caused one of those vehicles to "jackknife" into the lane of traffic that Turner was driving in, striking her vehicle head-on. From Wordnik.com. [KansasCity.com: Front Page] Reference
"jackknife" into Turner's path, striking her vehicle head-on. From Wordnik.com. [KansasCity.com: Front Page] Reference
"We do not even have a jackknife here," IHH chairman. From Wordnik.com. [Aid Group, Israel Primed for Clash, Flotilla Review Shows] Reference
However, the jackknife I had was beginning to fall apart. From Wordnik.com. [Science Press Releases] Reference
I watched Ugly open my brother's forehead with a jackknife. From Wordnik.com. [Martyr] Reference
Mann said that the jackknife uncertainty was les than 0.4 deg C. From Wordnik.com. [Mann at the NAS Panel « Climate Audit] Reference
He holds a wooden stick, which he is whittling with a jackknife. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainments for Home, Church and School] Reference
Whjen it is fully dead Robert uses a jackknife to remove the tail. From Wordnik.com. [The Charging Woodchuck] Reference
My father ran up to the dragon, and took out his very sharp jackknife. From Wordnik.com. [My Father's Dragon] Reference
Closer yet ... jackknife, cl (country) noi: regress y x1 x2 x3, robust. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-10-01] Reference
Polter squatted down beside me, folding his long form like a jackknife. From Wordnik.com. [Valley of the Croen] Reference
It was an Australian trailered version that “opened like a jackknife.”. From Wordnik.com. [PREFAB FRIDAY: Quickup Camper | Inhabitat] Reference
In vain Philemon offered three fish-hooks and a jackknife by way of solace. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, March 23, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
Collins moved to the nearest door, pulling a jackknife from his coat pocket. From Wordnik.com. [Moonheart]
They shrieked like babies whenever he tried shucking them with his jackknife. From Wordnik.com. [DESERT ISLAND SOLITAIRE, OR, A GOOD CIGAR IS A SMOKE • by Nick Logan] Reference
It was absolutely no problem to bring a small jackknife with me in my pocket. From Wordnik.com. [Convenient Capital Security] Reference
He came round at the appointed time, took out his jackknife, and sat down to his meal. From Wordnik.com. [Great Expectations] Reference
You see a rough board, and, by natural instinct, you dive into it with your jackknife. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863] Reference
Placing a compass on top of it, he cut with his jackknife three rods which he pointed. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825] Reference
"Gosh, I feel better already," Locke muttered as he pulled a jackknife from his pocket. From Wordnik.com. [Kate]
She watched Honey do a perfect jackknife off the board and cut cleanly through the water. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Of The Mansion]
The trailer skewed into a jackknife, skidding sideways like a forty-eight-foot-long scythe. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
Brianna pulled a jackknife from her pocket and slit the tape that sealed the topmost carton. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
Just look at how "Starkiller" holds his lightsaber - behind him like a jackknife or something. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
A click sounded beside her, and she looked to find Tulsa holding out an opened jackknife, hilt first. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
In the afternoons I go to the swimming pool and learn do a jackknife and a backflip, so Pop will think. From Wordnik.com. [It's Like This, Cat] Reference
As she looked around, the baby squirmed in her arms with the backward jackknife that she seemed so fond of. From Wordnik.com. [Baby In My Arms]
This type of spacesuit was also equipped with a large jackknife but the Ghamese captors had taken them away. From Wordnik.com. [Division 3]
He could take an ordinary jackknife and carve one of those big, wooden kitchen matches into an actual link chain. From Wordnik.com. [The Jig Man of Arkansas] Reference
I float face down in the water and then jackknife at the waist, plunging headfirst towards the bottom of the lake. From Wordnik.com. [Songs of the Humpback Whale]
For the sight of a volcano, or a really worthwhile waterfall, he felt willing to pay four bits and throw in a jackknife. From Wordnik.com. [The Past Through Tomorrow]
If you are in physical trouble, it helps to have someone save you unless you have a good jackknife and are braver than I am. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
Provis, who had been asleep too, staggered up at the noise I made, and in an instant I saw his jackknife shining in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Great Expectations] Reference
Provis, regarding him with a fixed attention, was slowly putting up his jackknife, and groping in another pocket for something else. From Wordnik.com. [Great Expectations] Reference
As Sexton notes, "That's a heck of a lot better and more precise than taking a couple more shavings with a jackknife and trusting to luck.". From Wordnik.com. [Field & Stream's John Merwin Explores the Lure Lab at Pure Fishing] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.