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Showing words for JACKKNIFE using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Jackknife

jackknife

6 Letter Words for Jackknife

fiance, inface, jackie, kankie

5 Letter Words for Jackknife

akeki, encia, eniac, facie, faine, finca, kanji, kenaf, kiack, knack, knick, knife, necia

4 Letter Words for Jackknife

acne, aine, akin, ance, cafe, cain, cake, cane, cank, ceja, cine, ekka, enki, face, fack, faik, fain, fake, faki, fane, fank, feak, feck, feni, fica, fice, fike, fine, fink, ikan, inca, jack, jain, jake, jane, jank, jean, jena, jina, jink, kaie, kaif, kaik, kain, kaki, kane, keck, kick, kief, kike, kina, kine, kink, nace, naif, naik, nake, neaf, neck, neif, nice, nick, nief, nife, nike

3 Letter Words for Jackknife

ace, ack, aik, ain, ake, anc, ane, caf, cai, can, cen, cfi, cia, cie, cif, ean, eik, enc, fac, fan, fec, fei, fen, fie, fin, ice, ick, ifc, ife, ike, inc, inf, ink, jai, jak, jan, jen, jin, kae, kaf, kai, kan, kea, kef, ken, kie, kif, kin, nae, naf, nak, nea, nef, nei, nek, nie

Definitions for Jackknife

[1] a large pocketknife.
[2] Fancy Diving . a dive in which the diver bends in midair to touch the toes, keeping the legs straight, and then straightens out.
[3] to bend or double over like a jackknife: The prizefighter jackknifed and fell when he was hit in the stomach.
[4] (of a trailer truck) to have the cab and trailer swivel at the linkage until they form a V shape, as the result of an abrupt stop or accident.
[5] (in diving) to perform a jackknife.
[6] to move rapidly at an abrupt angle.
[7] to cause to jackknife: The blow jackknifed the prizefighter.
[8] to cut with a jackknife.
[9] resembling a jackknife, as in its shape, function, or manner of opening and folding.
[10] a knife with the blade pivoted to fold into a recess in the handle
[11] a former name for a type of dive in which the diver bends at the waist in midair, with his legs straight and his hands touching his feet, finally straightening out and entering the water headfirst: forward pike dive
[12] (of an articulated lorry) to go out of control in such a way that the trailer swings round at an angle to the cab
[13] to make a jackknife dive

Words related to Jackknife

plunge, cannonball, gainer

Words nearby Jackknife

jackfruit, jackhammer, jackie, jackie tar, jacking engine, jackknife, jackknife-fish, jackleg, jacklight, jacklighter, jacklin

Origin of Jackknife

1705–15, Americanism ; jack1 (cf. jockteleg) + knife

Synonyms for Jackknife

cannonball, gainer, plunge, swallow dive