JACKKNIVES Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

jackknives

noun

plural of jackknife

as in sheath knives

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as in belly flops

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Noun

Weary of seeing people pick their teeth with daggers, Cardinal Richelieu has knives blunted in royal France.

— New York Times, New York Times, 17 July 2026
In his first international meeting with England, Messi had a pair of assists on two late-match daggers that pierced through the hearts of Three Lions’ players and supporters.

— Gavin Godfrey, AJC.com, 16 July 2026

Definition of daggers

Noun

Both Jesus and Wood benefited from outstanding deliveries from the Wales international without being able to get their headers on target.

— Paul Taylor, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Zidane scored a brace of bullet headers in the 3-0 win against Brazil, earning France its inaugural star above the badge.

— Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

Definition of headers

Noun

But if skip rates climb from single digits to something meaningfully higher, campaign effectiveness drops, and advertisers renegotiate or don't rebook.

— Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The biggest temperature drops usually happen during sunny summer afternoons when the sun angle is high in the sky.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of drops

Noun

Oakland police released footage Wednesday of a deadly police shooting in mid-July, when two of its officers opened fire on a man who was wielding knives affixed to long metal poles in the city’s Fruitvale District.

— Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
Critics have had their knives out for Netflix‘s politically incorrect dark comedy, which debuted over the weekend.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of knives

Noun

Careful engineering is necessary to ensure the safety of full-sized bipedal robots in close proximity to humans since kinetic energy in falls or collisions is a serious worry.

— Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
For people 85 and up, however, malnutrition is the seventh-leading cause of death, behind falls and ahead of Parkinson’s disease.

— Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of falls

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