jackknifes

Meaning of jackknifes

verb
  1. To fold in the middle, as a jackknife does.
    The cat jackknifed in the air and landed gracefully on its feet.
  2. To cause a semi-trailer truck to fold like a jackknife in a traffic accident.
    Before I knew what was happening, I'd jack-knifed the truck.

Information about jackknifes

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of jackknifes is: jackknife.
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Hyphenation of jackknifes

jack-knifes

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
  • jackknifes is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with jackknifes

preifes, fifes, afterlifes, highlifes, lowlifes, nightlifes, wildlifes, knifes, nifes, loosestrifes, strifes, wasterifes, wastrifes, huswifes, midwifes, wifes

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