jackknife

Example Sentences

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The keys for these models are jackknife fobs, wherein the metal blade of the key can fold in and out of the plastic fob.

From Washington Times • Mar. 1, 2023

The officer had gotten out of a vehicle after seeing a semi-trailer jackknife on the road and the patrol car was struck by a passenger car.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2022

So you get into that situation, the dynamics of sliding on ice — you hit the brakes, and trucks tend to jackknife.

From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2022

Digging with a garden shovel and jackknife, Kathy Wankel unearthed a complete T rex arm.

From The Guardian • Jan. 1, 2019

When we were eating lunch and I would bring out my jackknife to cut my sandwich, he would say, “You going to use that knife?”

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson