Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
jack-knife .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word jack-knifes.
Examples
-
Following it when the big-rig directly in front of you jack-knifes could be fatal.
Archive 2006-02-01 2006
-
Agriculture, said that when a wagon or trailer jack-knifes, it is usually because the tractor pulling the wagon could not handle the load.
-
Just in time the men scatter, as the truck's front end hits the first parked car and the tanker jack-knifes into the other cars.
Home | Mail Online 2010
-
The truck skids on the wet surface and jack-knifes across the motorway, careering into the stationary cars
Home | Mail Online 2010
-
I did have a dream of some psycho stranger walking electric lines like "Man on a Wire" who gives a cocky smirk and jack-knifes onto the pavement near my concerned brother on the street giving off a sound of a giant water balloon w / no chunks just red mist in its wake.
1UP RSS feed 2009
-
I did have a dream of some psycho stranger walking electric lines like "Man on a Wire" who gives a cocky smirk and jack-knifes onto the pavement near my concerned brother on the street giving off a sound of a giant water balloon w / no chunks just red mist in its wake.
1UP RSS feed 2009
-
I did have a dream of some psycho stranger walking electric lines like "Man on a Wire" who gives a cocky smirk and jack-knifes onto the pavement near my concerned brother on the street giving off a sound of a giant water balloon w / no chunks just red mist in its wake.
1UP RSS feed 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.