Englisch-Finnisch Übersetzung für jack-knife
Definition für jack-knife
- A compact folding knife
- The front-dive pike, in which the body folds and unfolds
- A semi-trailer truck accident in which the vehicle mimics the closing of a jack-knife
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- To fold in the middle, as a jackknife does
- To cause a semi-trailer truck to fold like a jackknife in a traffic accident
Anwendungsbeispiele
- He kept a jack-knife in his pocket for various tasks.
- It took me hundreds of dives to master even the simple jackknife
- I have seen several jack-knives along that dangerous stretch of road.
- The cat jackknifed in the air and landed gracefully on its feet.
- Before I knew what was happening, Id jack-knifed the truck. transitive--
- Before I knew what was happening, Id jack-knifed. intransitive--
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