jack-knife

Alternative forms

 * (Note: the two spellings appear roughly equally common.)

Noun



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

Derived terms

 * jack-knife barber

Translations

 * Bashkir: бәке
 * Bulgarian: сгъваем нож
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: საკეცი დანა, ჯაყვა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Russian: складно́й нож
 * Sardinian: lepa
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:
 * West Frisian: bûsmês, knyft


 * Bulgarian:

Verb



 * 1) To fold in the middle, as a jackknife does.
 * 2)  To cause a semi-trailer truck to fold like a jackknife in a traffic accident.
 * 1)  To cause a semi-trailer truck to fold like a jackknife in a traffic accident.
 * 1)  To cause a semi-trailer truck to fold like a jackknife in a traffic accident.

Translations

 * Finnish: mennä linkkuun, taittua ; panna linkkuun,


 * Finnish: vetää linkkuun ; mennä linkkuun, olla linkussa