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jackknife

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Main Entry: 2jackknife
Function: verb
Date: 1806
transitive verb

1 : to cut with a jackknife
2 : to cause to double up like a jackknifeintransitive verb 1 : to double up like a jackknife <jackknifed into a seat beside me, folding up his six feet eight — Lady Bird Johnson>
2 : to turn and form an angle of 90 degrees or less with each other —used especially of a tractor-trailer combination


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