jack-knife

Noun

colloquial alt-of alternative

A compact folding knife. / The front-dive pike, in which the body folds and unfolds. / (colloquial) A semi-trailer truck accident in which the vehicle mimics the closing of a jack-knife.

Japanese Meaning

コンパクトな折りたたみ式ナイフ / 体を折りたたみ、伸ばす動作を伴う前方ダイブ（パイク）ダイビングの技 / セミ・トレーラートラックが車体を折りたたむような形で衝突する事故、いわゆるジャックナイフ事故

What is this buttons?

He pulled out a jack-knife to cut the rope securing the crate.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼は木箱を固定しているロープを切るために折りたたみナイフを取り出した。

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Sense（1）

A compact folding knife.

He kept a jack-knife in his pocket for various tasks.

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Sense（2）

The front-dive pike, in which the body folds and unfolds.

It took me hundreds of dives to master even the simple jackknife.

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Sense（3）

(colloquial) A semi-trailer truck accident in which the vehicle mimics the closing of a jack-knife.

I have seen several jack-knives along that dangerous stretch of road.

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Sense（4）

(statistics) Alternative spelling of jackknife

jack-knives

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