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Meanings of
jackknife
in English
Catalan
navalla
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A large knife with one or more folding blades.
clasp knife
Catalan
navalla
Synonyms
Examples for "
clasp knife
"
clasp knife
Examples for "
clasp knife
"
1
A large
clasp
knife
,
with a buckhorn handle, as good as new.
2
Krag hunted about in his pockets, and at length produced a
clasp
knife
.
3
From his leather belt hung a huge
clasp
knife
and two small pistols.
4
Augustus took out his big
clasp
knife
and cut the bacon for her.
5
A horn-handled
clasp
knife
was lying in a pool of blood beside him.
Usage of
jackknife
in English
1
There must be a
jackknife
in it, or something besides the dollar.
2
A
jackknife
in his expert hand was a whole chest of tools.
3
He saw the derringer fall and Kao crumple up like a
jackknife
.
4
Presently he drew out his
jackknife
and methodically cut the remaining bonds.
5
He holds a wooden stick, which he is whittling with a
jackknife
.
6
He also rose, his long lean body straightening like a
jackknife
.
7
He found them presently and with his
jackknife
cut them asunder.
8
Robert drew a
jackknife
from his pocket, and did as he was bidden.
9
Michael said that he would ask for something easy at first, just a
jackknife
.
10
In his pockets he carried a longish but ordinary
jackknife
and a large purse.
11
He felt in his pocket for his
jackknife
,
drew it out and opened it.
12
We tucked her in, and she spent the night folded up like a
jackknife
.
13
The knees of Elliot doubled up under him like the blade of a
jackknife
.
14
He had a great
jackknife
,
the pride of his heart, in his breeches pocket.
15
He set them aside and scored a hot green ashtray with his dogleg
jackknife
.
16
He pressed the point of Henry's
jackknife
into the crack and pried it up.
Other examples for "jackknife"
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About this term
jackknife
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
big jackknife
large jackknife
long jackknife
be a jackknife
borrow jackknife
More collocations
Translations for
jackknife
Catalan
navalla
Jackknife
through the time
Jackknife
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common