"jack-knife" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: jack-knives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|jack-knives}} jack-knife (plural jack-knives)
  1. A compact folding knife. Translations (a compact folding knife): бәке (bəke) (Bashkir), сгъваем нож (sgǎvaem nož) [masculine] (Bulgarian), navalla [feminine] (Catalan), zakmes [neuter] (Dutch), knipmes [neuter] (Dutch), linkkuveitsi (Finnish), navalla [feminine] (Galician), საკეცი დანა (saḳeci dana) (Georgian), ჯაყვა (ǯaq̇va) (Georgian), Taschenmesser [neuter] (German), σουγιάς (sougiás) [masculine] (Greek), bicska (Hungarian), складно́й нож (skladnój nož) [masculine] (Russian), lepa [feminine] (Sardinian), navaja [feminine] (Spanish), çakı (Turkish), bûsmês [neuter] (West Frisian), knyft [neuter] (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-jack-knife-en-noun-Ewjv0Web Disambiguation of 'a compact folding knife': 97 1 1 2
  2. The front-dive pike, in which the body folds and unfolds. Translations (the front-dive pike): чупка (čupka) [feminine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-jack-knife-en-noun-AnFDbWmT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 13 35 11 2 35 Disambiguation of 'the front-dive pike': 0 100 0 0
  3. (colloquial) A semi-trailer truck accident in which the vehicle mimics the closing of a jack-knife. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-jack-knife-en-noun-Co8QjqXu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 13 35 11 2 35
  4. (statistics) Alternative spelling of jackknife Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: jackknife Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-jack-knife-en-noun-JBylfLf- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 13 35 11 2 35 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: jackknife (english: Note: the two spellings appear roughly equally common.) Derived forms: jack-knife barber Related terms: clasp-knife, flick knife, penknife, pocketknife (english: or pocket knife), Swiss Army knife, switchblade

Verb [English]

Forms: jack-knifes [present, singular, third-person], jack-knifing [participle, present], jack-knifed [participle, past], jack-knifed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} jack-knife (third-person singular simple present jack-knifes, present participle jack-knifing, simple past and past participle jack-knifed)
  1. To fold in the middle, as a jackknife does. Translations (to fold in the middle): mennä linkkuun (Finnish), taittua [intransitive] (Finnish), panna linkkuun (Finnish), taittaa [intransitive] (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-jack-knife-en-verb-3KcIbc2o Disambiguation of 'to fold in the middle': 84 16
  2. (colloquial) To cause a semi-trailer truck to fold like a jackknife in a traffic accident. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Automotive Translations (to cause a semi-trailer truck to fold): vetää linkkuun [transitive] (Finnish), mennä linkkuun (Finnish), olla linkussa [intransitive] (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-jack-knife-en-verb-EfPlEtgR Disambiguation of Automotive: 12 9 21 15 12 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bashkir translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sardinian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with West Frisian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 13 35 11 2 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 16 24 15 5 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 15 29 14 3 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 16 29 9 2 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Bashkir translations: 4 14 19 22 4 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 4 14 19 23 3 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 4 14 19 22 3 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 15 18 17 6 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 14 19 22 4 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 4 14 19 22 4 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 4 13 19 24 3 36 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 15 20 18 4 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 12 17 19 6 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 11 12 18 23 4 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 15 20 17 4 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Sardinian translations: 4 14 19 22 4 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 14 19 15 4 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 4 14 19 22 3 38 Disambiguation of Terms with West Frisian translations: 5 12 21 24 3 35 Disambiguation of 'to cause a semi-trailer truck to fold': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: jackknife (english: Note: the two spellings appear roughly equally common.)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "jack-knife barber"
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      "word": "penknife"
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      "english": "or pocket knife",
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      "word": "Swiss Army knife"
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        "(colloquial) A semi-trailer truck accident in which the vehicle mimics the closing of a jack-knife."
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        "(statistics) Alternative spelling of jackknife"
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      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "bəke",
      "sense": "a compact folding knife",
      "word": "бәке"
    },
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sgǎvaem nož",
      "sense": "a compact folding knife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "сгъваем нож"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a compact folding knife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "navalla"
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      "sense": "a compact folding knife",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zakmes"
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      "sense": "a compact folding knife",
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      "word": "knipmes"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a compact folding knife",
      "word": "linkkuveitsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a compact folding knife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "navalla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "saḳeci dana",
      "sense": "a compact folding knife",
      "word": "საკეცი დანა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ǯaq̇va",
      "sense": "a compact folding knife",
      "word": "ჯაყვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a compact folding knife",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Taschenmesser"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sougiás",
      "sense": "a compact folding knife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σουγιάς"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a compact folding knife",
      "word": "bicska"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skladnój nož",
      "sense": "a compact folding knife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "складно́й нож"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "a compact folding knife",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lepa"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a compact folding knife",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "navaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a compact folding knife",
      "word": "çakı"
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      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "a compact folding knife",
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      "code": "fy",
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      "sense": "a compact folding knife",
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      "word": "knyft"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čupka",
      "sense": "the front-dive pike",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чупка"
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}

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        {
          "text": "The cat jackknifed in the air and landed gracefully on its feet.",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "ref": "2009, Reif Larsen, The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet, Pinguin Books, page 37:",
          "text": "There was a world inside that tall grass. You could plop yourself down in the middle of it with the scraggly stems against the back of your neck and the endless grasses rising up and jackknifing against the bigbluesky, and the ranch and all of its players would fade into a distant dream.",
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          "text": "Before I knew what was happening, I'd jack-knifed the truck.",
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        {
          "text": "Before I knew what was happening, I'd jack-knifed.",
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        }
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        "(colloquial) To cause a semi-trailer truck to fold like a jackknife in a traffic accident."
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      "word": "jackknife"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fold in the middle",
      "word": "mennä linkkuun"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to fold in the middle",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to fold in the middle",
      "word": "panna linkkuun"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to cause a semi-trailer truck to fold",
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      "word": "vetää linkkuun"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause a semi-trailer truck to fold",
      "word": "mennä linkkuun"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause a semi-trailer truck to fold",
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}

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