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jackknife
noun as in swan dive
Weak matches
Example Sentences
Officials said an initial investigation found that a Ford Fusion was stopped in one of the lanes for “unknown reasons” and a semi-truck struck it in the rear and then jackknifed.
Around the 50-minute mark a jackknife plot turn sends it careering off-road, and it becomes an overburdened movie rather than a nimble one.
She cut it with Henry's jackknife into four quarters, and she and Henry took the two crusty ends themselves.
It was a rather battered jackknife, and Scattergood noticed that one blade had been broken off.
Mr. Blossom drew a jackknife from his pocket and began leisurely to sharpen a pencil.
Then he got up, jerked Mr. Blossom's old jackknife from the post where it had been abandoned, and pocketed it.
"I've heard tell you kin cut real gold like cheese," he said, and opened his jackknife.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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